Psychology of Personal Qualities. Part 1. From 'A' to 'N'

We present a popular encyclopedia that brings together definitions of the main psychological traits of a personality and examples of how they manifest.

Human qualities and character traits are arranged alphabetically. Each entry includes a definition of the concept and a psychological comment illustrated by an example from the lives of famous historical figures and outstanding contemporaries.

These examples—“little details from the lives of great people”—are curious and educational stories that form psychological portraits.

You’ll learn not only about the “A”uthoritativeness of Caesar, the “W”isdom of Solomon, and the “V”oluntarism of Khrushchev, but also about the “Z”ealousness (shyness) of Gorky, the “N” indecisiveness of Balzac, the “C”apriciousness of Shalyapin, the “I”nfantility of Turgenev, and the “C”octiness of L. N. Tolstoy…