The Personality Puzzle is heralded as the book that helps students think critically about the science of personality and find joy in the journey through David Funder’s unparalleled writing. New for the Ninth Edition, The Personality Puzzle introduces the latest scientific research and relevant social media applications, with a focus on the exciting work of underrepresented psychologists today. Student learning moves online with a new, assignable, interactive ebook that engages students with active learning opportunities. Students will be able to analyze their own personalities through online Try for Yourself surveys and assess their reading through Check Your Understanding questions that provide retrieval practice in every section. InQuizitive adaptive assessment rounds out the lesson, using research-proven techniques to help students “lock in” what they learn.

Situations matter. They let people express their personalities and values; provoke motivations, emotions, and behaviors; and are the contexts in which people reason and act. The psychological assessment of situations is a new and rapidly developing area of research, particularly within the fields of personality and social psychology. This volume compiles state-of-the-art knowledge on psychological situations in chapters written by experts in their respective research areas. Bringing together historical reviews, theoretical pieces, methodological descriptions, and empirical applications, this volume is the definitive, go-to source for a psychology of situations.