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Acknowledgments
Finally, wewishtoacknowledge ourgratitude tothemany people whohavecontributed tothecompletion 
ofthisbook. Firstofall,wearegrateful forthevaluable helpgiven bythose people whoreviewed earlier 
editions ofTheories of Personality. Their evaluations andsuggestions helped greatly inthepreparation ofthis
newedition. These reviewers include thefollowing:  Robert J. Drummond, University ofNorth Florida; Lena 
K.Ericksen, Western Washington University; Charles S.Johnson, William Rainey Harper College; Alan 
Lipman, George Washington University; John Phelan, EricRettinger, Elizabeth Rellinger, Evert Community 
College; Linda Sayers, Richard Stockton College ofNewJersey; Mark E.Sibicky, Marietta College; Connie 
Veldink, Illinois College; Dennis Wanamaker; Kevin Simpson, Concordia University; LisaLockhart, Texas 
A&M University–Kingsville; Natalie Denburg, University ofIowa Hospitals andClinics; Kristine Anthis, 
Southern Connecticut State University; ErosDeSouza, Illinois State University; Yozan D.Mosig, University 
ofNebraska–Kearney; Angie Fournier, Virginia Wesleyan College; Atara Mcnamara, Boise State University; 
Randi Smith, Metro State College ofDenver; andMyra Spindel, Florida International University–Miami. 
Carrie Hall, Miami University ofOhio; Kenneth Walters, State University ofNewYork atOneonta; andMelissa 
Wright, Northwest Vista College. Thanks totheColorado College students inpersonality classovertheyears 
fortheirmany insightful comments thatkeepthese editions fresh.
Inaddition, wearealsograteful tothefollowing reviewers whose feedback helped toshape thetenth edi-
tion:Cassandra Zamoralez, Brazosport College; Rebecca Gibson, Liberty University; Stephen P.Joy,Albertus 
Magnus College; William Price, North Country Community College; Sarah Angulo, Texas State University; 
andDavid Rentler, University ofConnecticut.
Weappreciate thestrong support wehavehadfrom ourpublisher. Wewould liketoexpress ourspe-
cialthanks toElisa Odoardi, Product Developer, Danielle Clement, Senior Content Project Manager, Lumina 
Datamatics, Inc.developmental editors, AnnLoch andAdina Lonn, andMithun Kothandath from SPiGlobal 
forhisproduction assistance.
Wearealsoindebted toAlbert Bandura forhishelpful comments onthechapter dealing withsocial 
cognitive theory. Wealsowishtothank these other personality theorists fortaking timetodiscuss appropriate 
sections ofearlier editions ofthisbook: Albert Bandura, Hans J.Eysenck (deceased), Robert McCrae, PaulT.
Costa, Jr.,CarlR.Rogers (deceased), Julian B.Rotter (deceased), andB.F.Skinner (deceased).
Finally, GJFthanks hissonsJerry andEvan, andT-AR thanks herdaughters Annika andMiafortheir
emotional support andother important contributions. Both GJFandT-AR want toacknowledge thefounda -
tional work onthisbook thatJessFeist provided inauthoring thefirst3editions alone. Thisbook would not
existwithout him.
Asalways, wewelcome andappreciate comments from readers, which helpuscontinue toimprove 
Theories of Personality.
Gregory J. Feist
Oakland, CA
Tomi-Ann Roberts
Colorado Springs, COFinal PDF to printer