Donald W. Fiske's expert lifestyles and collaborations are themselves a textbook within the improvement of the sphere of character. From the field's early origins in team of workers choice, ranking accuracy, and psychotherapy results, to its present prestige of theoretical and methodological adulthood -- whole with mid-life crises -- the sphere has been essentially replaced by way of Fiske's paintings, and the alterations have stimulated generations of scholars.

This festschrift is a party of Fiske's influence, yet now not basically of his impression at the background of character examine. in its place, the quantity specializes in ongoing debates and concerns which have been framed or motivated by way of Fiske's paintings. The festschrift's 3 sections are equipped round 3 issues in Fiske's writings -- issues that still correspond to 3 classes in his career.

This quantity examines present pondering what should be identified approximately character, how constructs proper to character psychology are most sensible measured, and the way to procedure particular study difficulties in character and similar fields. The participants create an eminent cross-section of the advance and present prestige of character equipment. as well as Fiske's eminent contemporaries, the members to this quantity contain Fiske's former scholars, collaborators, and his young ones, either one of whom are behavioral scientists. The accomplishments of his scholars, colleagues, and youngsters testifies to the diversity of psychologists who've benefited from his scholarly and functional wisdom.

This assortment is a precious textbook for a complicated graduate path in addition to attractive as a scholarly source. a few of the members are renown mental leaders who've made on hand their most up-to-date unique strategies. The publication concludes with an essay by way of Fiske supplying his standpoint at the important subject matters: behavioral and social technology metatheory, tools, and strategies.