that set us apart and make us distinctly human. During our extended period of childhood, personality traits tend to become more ingrained and differentiated. Buss specifies the environments that help shape particular personality traits and shows how we partly determine these environments. Drawing from over a half-century of teaching and writing on personality, Buss masterfully summarizes key theories and recent advances in the study of temperament (aggression, dominance), the self (self-conscious shyness, self-esteem, identity), and abnormal behavior and style, which are critical dimensions in understanding personality and individual differences.

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