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Abstract

Evolutionary psychology is an important meta-theoretical paradigm for understanding universal and sex-differentiated adaptations. Despite this, it remains somewhat ignored within the mainstream study of individual differences. We outline some of the evolutionary approaches that lend to a fuller understanding of individual differences related to personality psychology. This chapter is presented in four main sections: (1) a brief summary of trait-based approaches that have been used to understand human personality, (2) an introduction to some of the evolutionary principles important to understanding behavior, (3) an explication of the function of individual differences within populations and the evolutionary mechanisms that produce such variation, and (4) a review of contemporary evolutionary models of individual differences with particular focus on personality traits.
Format
Book Chapter
Identifier(s)
10.1007/978-3-319-12697-5_35
Publication Date
2015-01-01
Publication Title
Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Psychology
First Page
465
Last Page
477
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Community
Department of Psychological Sciences
Recommended Citation

Sefcek, J. A., Black, C. J., & Wolf, P. S. (2015). Evolutionary perspectives of personality. In V. Zeigler-Hill, L. L. M. Welling, & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Evolutionary perspectives on social psychology (pp. 465-477). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
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Sefcek, J., Black, C., & Wolf, P. (2015). Evolutionary Perspectives of Personality (1–). Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Psychology. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12697-5_35
Sefcek, Jon, Candace Black, and Pedro Wolf. 2015. “Evolutionary Perspectives of Personality”. Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Psychology. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12697-5_35.
Sefcek, Jon, et al. Evolutionary Perspectives of Personality. Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Psychology, 1 Jan. 2015, https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12697-5_35.