Me, Myself, and Us The Science of Personality a
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- 出版社 PublicAffairs
- 出版时间 不详年
- ISBN 9781586489670
- 定价 213.40
内容简介
Howdoesyourpersonalityshapeyourlife…andwhat，ifanything，canyoudoaboutit?
Areyouhardwiredforhappiness，orborntobrood?Doyouthinkyou’reinchargeofyourfuture，ordoyousurfthewavesofunknowablefate?Wouldyoubehappier，orjustlesssociallyadept，ifyouwerelessconcernedaboutwhatotherpeoplethoughtofyou?Andwhataboutyour“TypeA”spouse：isheorshedestinedtohaveaheartattack，orjustdriveyoutodrink?
Inthepastfewdecades，newscientificresearchhastransformedoldideasaboutthenatureofhumanpersonality.Neuroscientists，biologists，andpsychologicalscientistshavereexaminedthetheoriesofFreudandJungaswellasthehumanisticpsychologiesofthe1960s，upendingthesimplisticcategorizationsofpersonality“types，”anddevelopingnewtoolsandmethodsforexploringwhoweare.RenownedprofessorandpioneeringresearchpsychologistBrianR.Littlehasbeenattheleadingedgeofthisnewscience.Inthiswiseandwittybookhesharesawealthofnewdataandprovocativeinsightsaboutwhoweare，whyweactthewaywedo，whatwecan—andcan’t—change，andhowwecanbestthriveinlightofour“nature.”
Me，Myself，andUsexploresquestionsthatarerootedintheoriginsofhumanconsciousnessbutareascommonplaceasyesterday’sbreakfastconversation，suchaswhetherourpersonalitytraitsare“set”byagethirtyorwhetherourbrainsandselvesaremoreplastic.Heconsiderswhatourpersonalitiesportendforourhealthandsuccess，andtheextenttowhichourwell-beingdependsonthepersonalprojectswepursue.
Throughstories，studies，personalexperiences，andentertaininginteractiveassessments，Me，Myself，andUsprovidesalively，thought-provoking，andultimatelyoptimisticlookatthepossibilitiesandperilsofbeinguniquelyourselves，whileilluminatingtheselvesofthefamiliarstrangersweencounter，workwith，andlove.
Areyouhardwiredforhappiness，orborntobrood?Doyouthinkyou’reinchargeofyourfuture，ordoyousurfthewavesofunknowablefate?Wouldyoubehappier，orjustlesssociallyadept，ifyouwerelessconcernedaboutwhatotherpeoplethoughtofyou?Andwhataboutyour“TypeA”spouse：isheorshedestinedtohaveaheartattack，orjustdriveyoutodrink?
Inthepastfewdecades，newscientificresearchhastransformedoldideasaboutthenatureofhumanpersonality.Neuroscientists，biologists，andpsychologicalscientistshavereexaminedthetheoriesofFreudandJungaswellasthehumanisticpsychologiesofthe1960s，upendingthesimplisticcategorizationsofpersonality“types，”anddevelopingnewtoolsandmethodsforexploringwhoweare.RenownedprofessorandpioneeringresearchpsychologistBrianR.Littlehasbeenattheleadingedgeofthisnewscience.Inthiswiseandwittybookhesharesawealthofnewdataandprovocativeinsightsaboutwhoweare，whyweactthewaywedo，whatwecan—andcan’t—change，andhowwecanbestthriveinlightofour“nature.”
Me，Myself，andUsexploresquestionsthatarerootedintheoriginsofhumanconsciousnessbutareascommonplaceasyesterday’sbreakfastconversation，suchaswhetherourpersonalitytraitsare“set”byagethirtyorwhetherourbrainsandselvesaremoreplastic.Heconsiderswhatourpersonalitiesportendforourhealthandsuccess，andtheextenttowhichourwell-beingdependsonthepersonalprojectswepursue.
Throughstories，studies，personalexperiences，andentertaininginteractiveassessments，Me，Myself，andUsprovidesalively，thought-provoking，andultimatelyoptimisticlookatthepossibilitiesandperilsofbeinguniquelyourselves，whileilluminatingtheselvesofthefamiliarstrangersweencounter，workwith，andlove.
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