Revised edition of the authors' Personality, individual differences and intelligence, 2013.

About the authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Personality -- Personality theory in context -- The basis of the psychoanalytic approach to personality -- Developments of freudian theorising -- Learning theory perspectives on personality -- Cognitive personality theories -- Humanistic personality theories -- The trait approach to personality -- Biological basis of personality i: genetic heritability of personality and biological and physiological models of personality -- Biological basis of personality ii: evolutionary psychology and animal studies of personality -- Intelligence -- An introduction to intelligence -- Theories and measurement of intelligence -- The use of intelligence tests : what questions emerge from the measurement of intelligence -- Heritability and socially defined race differences in intelligence -- Intelligence and the self : emotional intelligence, creativity, and sex differences inintelligence -- The application of personality and intelligence in education and the workplace -- Applications in individual differences -- Optimism -- Irrational beliefs -- Embarrassment, shyness and social anxiety -- Interpersonal relationships -- Social attitudes and culture -- Well-being and personality disorders -- Individual differences in health and illness -- An introduction to psychometric testing -- Glossary -- References and further reading -- Index.