Personality Types
A Modern Synthesis

Alan Miller

About the Book

In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in personality traits. Psychologists increasingly are coming to recognize the need for a more comprehensive personality theory. Important work is also being done on cognitive prototypes. These developments suggest the importance of a well-grounded personality typology for both theoretical and applied psychology.

In this book, Alan Miller reinterprets a number of venerable personality dimensions in light of contemporary research and formulates a new typology that is both comprehensive and elegant. The practical utility of the model is illustrated by extensive use of case studies and by applying it to common problems in clinical, vocational/educational and environmental psychology.

About the Author

Alan Miller holds degrees in Biology, Ecology, Education and Psychology. Since 1970, he has been a professor of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick. His research interests focus on the influence of personality on complex problem solving and how this bears on the development of professional competence.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
  

1. A Trait-Type Theory of Personality
2. The Cognitive Dimension
3. The Affective Dimension
4. The Conative Dimension
5. Personality Types
   
   

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