Eysenck, Hans J.

Dimensions of personality/ Hans J. Eysenck - New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 1997. - xxiii, 308 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION
FOREWORD, BY PROFESSOR A. LEWIS .
INTRODUCTION . . . . .
CHAPTER ONE: METHODS AND DEFINITIONS
Introduction
The Experimental Population
Theories ok Temperament .
Generality versus Specificity
Arrangement of Material
Definitions and Concepts .
Theory of Personality Structure
Summary . . . .
CHAPTER TWO: ASSESSMENTS AND RATINGS
A Factorial Analysis of Personality
Neuroticism
Theories of Neuroticism
Introversion-Extraversion
Theories of Introversion-Extraversion
Questionnaire Study of Neuroticism
Questionnaire Study of Persistence and Irritability
Summary . . . . . .
CHAPTER THREE: PHYSIQUE AND CONSTITUTION
Body Type and Body Size .
Personality Correlates of Physiq.ue
Autonomic Activity: Salivary Secretioh
Dark Vision
Choline Esterase Secretion
Exercise Response .
Oscillation (Reversal of Perspective)
Summary . . . .
CHAPTER FOUR: ABILITY AND EFFICIENCY
Intelligence and Neurosis
"Scatter" as a Personality Variable
Speeded versus Unspeeded Tests , ,
Level of Aspiration
Personal Tempo . . . . .
Perseveration . . . . .
Persistence . . . . . .
Summary . . . . . .
CHAPTER FIVE; SUGGESTIBILITY AlW HYPNOSIS
Problems in the Study of Suggestibility .
Types of Suggestibility . . . .
The Nature of Primary Suggestibility
Personality Correlates of Primary Suggestibility
Hysteria and Suggestibility
Ideo-Motor Action . . . .
Narcosis and Suggestibility
Summary . . . . . .
CHAFiER SIX: APPRECIATION AND EXPRESSION.
Temperament and "Weltanschauung"
Appreciation: General Theory
Conformity: The Ranking Rorschach Test
Types of Aesthetic Appreciation .
Colour/Form Attitudes
Sense of Humour . . . . .
Expression Tests: Mosaic Construction and Graphology
Summary . . . . . .
CHAPTER SEVEN: SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIX A:
An Experimental Study in the Methodology of Factor
Analysis . . . . .
appendix B:
Static Ataxia as an Index of Neuroticism
bibliography and author index
SUBJECT INDEX

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Personality
Psychology, Pathological
Personality--Research
Personality disorders
Psychiatry

155.25 / EYS/D