The Architecture of Personality

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-009-58562-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten

What psychological systems account for the distinctiveness and coherence of personality? This volume offers a novel framework for addressing classic concerns in personality psychology. Daniel Cervone introduces the Knowledge-and-Appraisal Personality Architecture model, emerging from the social-cognitive tradition, to identify mental systems underlying the patterns of psychological experience that define personality. The model guides person-centered assessments that uncover idiosyncratic coherence often missed by traditional methods, underscoring individual uniqueness while grounding it in contemporary social-cognitive and affective science. Drawing on decades of research, the intellectually far-reaching yet accessible chapters uncover and present a complete picture of the notion of personality architecture. It is essential reading for advanced students, scholars, and practitioners across personality and social psychology seeking deeper insight into how we understand people, their individuality, and the scientific principles needed to explain them.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cervone, Daniel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue: toothbrushes; 1. What, are they thinking? 2. Personality architecture from the ground up; 3. A personality psychology of persons who think: the social-cognitive tradition; 4. Sketching the architecture of personality: The KAPA model; 5. From personality architecture to personality coherence; 6. The KAPA model: extensions, integration, and applications; 7. What's good in the KAPA model: on character and virtue; 8. Temperament systems and thinking persons.

Über Autor(innen)

Cervone, Daniel
Daniel Cervone is Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA. He has written or edited books including The Coherence of Personality (1999), Advances in Personality Science (2002), Psychology: The Science of Person, Mind, and Brain (2015), and Personality: Theory and Research (2022), and edited Bandura's posthumous Social Cognitive Theory (2023).