Making Sense of People: The Science of Personality Differences, Second Edition

Table of contents

1. About This eBook
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. Dedication Page
5. Contents
6. Preface to Second Edition
7. Introduction: When Intuition Isn’t Enough
8. Part I: Describing Personality Differences
   1. One. Personality Traits
      1. Words from the Dictionary
      2. Beyond Synonyms and Antonyms
      3. Bundling Traits
      4. Using the Big Five
      5. Big Five 2.0
      6. Rethinking Bill Clinton
   2. Two. Troublesome Patterns
      1. Very Low E: Two Eccentric Loners
      2. Very High E: The Disquietude of Histrionics
      3. Low A Patterns: Paranoids, Narcissists, and Antisocials
      4. Very High C: Compulsives
      5. High N Patterns: Avoidants, Dependents, and Borderlines
      6. Opinions of Self and Others
      7. Traits, Patterns, and People
9. Part II: Explaining Personality Differences
   1. Three. How Genes Make Us Different
      1. A New Foundation for Psychology
      2. Experiments of Nature
      3. How Much of Our Personality Differences Is Heritable?
      4. How Many Gene Variants Shape a Personality Trait?
      5. Genetic Thinking vs. Genetic Testing
      6. The Deep Roots of Our Diversity
      7. The Grandeur in This View of Personality Differences
   2. Four. Building a Personal Brain
      1. The Brain Builds Itself
      2. Critical Periods in Brain Development
      3. What Will My Child Be Like?
      4. Gene–Environment Dialogues
      5. Enduring Effects on Gene Expression
      6. Adolescent Remodeling
      7. Closing Some Windows in the Brain and the Environment
10. Part III: Whole Persons, Whole Lives
    1. Five. What’s a Good Character?
       1. Separating Character and Personality
       2. Moral Instincts and Moral Emotions
       3. Different Cultures, Common Values
       4. The Power of Culture-Based Values
       5. The Character of Benjamin Franklin
       6. Why Character Matters
    2. Six. Identity: Creating a Personal Story
       1. Oprah Winfrey Shapes Her Identity
       2. Identity as a Story
       3. Steve Jobs Tells Three Stories
    3. Seven. Putting It All Together
       1. A Methodical Appraisal
       2. Understanding and Change
11. Endnotes
    1. Preface
    2. Introduction
    3. Chapter 1
    4. Chapter 2
    5. Chapter 3
    6. Chapter 4
    7. Chapter 5
    8. Chapter 6
    9. Chapter 7
12. References
13. Acknowledgments
14. About the Author
15. Index