Psychology of Individual Differences with Particular Reference to Temperament

1. Historical Perspective 2. The Concept of Individual Differences and Main Categories to Describe Them 2.1. The Psychology of Individual Differences 2.2. Trait as the Basic Category for Describing Individual Differences 3. Temperament as a Component of Personality 3.1. Founders of Contemporary Research on Temperament 3.1.1. Eysenck’s Biological Theory of Psychoticism, Extraversion, and Neuroticism (PEN) 3.2.2. The Interactional Theory of Temperament Developed by Thomas and Chess 3.2. The Status of Temperament Research during the Last Quarter of the Twentieth Century 3.2.1. Child-Oriented Approaches to Temperament 3.2.2. Adult-Oriented Theories of Temperament 4. The Functional Significance of Temperament 4.1. Arousal and Arousability as Constructs that Explain Individual Differences in Experiencing Stress 4.2. Temperament as a Moderator of Stress Acknowledgements Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketch