Personality An Integrative Approach Author:F. Stephan Mayer, Karen Sutton This book presents a contemporary approach to personality psychology by integrating current methods, theoretical paradigms, and empirical findings in a manner that is both accessible and relevant to undergraduate-level readers. Throughout the book, the focus is upon normal personality functioning and how personality research relates to everyday... more » lives. The book presents the major traditional theories, but goes beyond restating the theory's content, to emphasize how it conceptualizes personality. It integrates the heuristically-rich concepts of traditional theories with current empirical research on the personality dimensions which evolved from them and emphasizes the relevance of findings to readers' experiences.« less