Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is Reader at Goldsmiths, University of London, Research Fellow at University College London, and Visiting Professor at NYU in London. Chamorro-Premuzic has published more than 100 scientific articles and authored four books, including the textbook Personality and Individual Differences (also published by Wiley Blackwell). He is a keynote speaker of the Institute of Economic Affairs and makes frequent media appearances in the UK and internationally.Sophie von Stumm is an award-winning young scientist who completed her postgraduate training at the University of Edinburgh and Goldsmiths, University of London. She is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chichester. Her research interests focus on intelligence–personality associations in relation to educational, social, and health outcomes.Adrian Furnham is currently Professor of Psychology at University College London. He has lectured widely abroad and held scholarships and visiting professorships at, among others, the University of New South Wales, the University of the West Indies, the University of Hong Kong, and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Furnham is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and has written over 700 scientific papers and 60 books. He is on the editorial board of a number of international journals, as well as the past elected President of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences.

• List of Plates viii List of Figures ixList of Tables xiiList of Contributors xivPreface xviList of Abbreviations xixPart I Individual Differences: An Up-to-Date Historical and Methodological Overview 11 Individual Differences and Differential Psychology: A Brief History and Prospect 3William Revelle, Joshua Wilt, and David M. Condon2 Methodological Advances in Differential Psychology 39William Revelle, David M. Condon, and Joshua WiltPart II Intelligence and Personality: Structure and Development 75Section 1 Personality 773 Personality Development across the Life Span 77Jaap J. A. Denissen, Marcel A. G. van Aken, and Brent W. Roberts4 Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory, Research, Applications, and Future 101Luke D. Smillie, Natalie J. Loxton, and Rachel E. Avery5 The General Factor of Personality: Normal and Abnormal 132J. Philippe Rushton and Paul Irwing6 Five into One Doesn’t Go: A Critique of the General Factor of Personality 162Eamonn Ferguson, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Alan Pickering, and Alexander WeissSection 2 Intelligence 1877 The Nature and Structure of “Intelligence” 187Charlie L. Reeve and Silvia Bonaccio8 Re-Visiting Intelligence–Personality Associations: Vindicating Intellectual Investment 217Sophie von Stumm, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, and Phillip L. Ackerman9 Individual Differences in Cognitive Aging 242Elliot M. Tucker-Drob and Timothy A. SalthousePart III Biological Causes of Individual Differences 26910 Behavior Genetics 271Frank M. Spinath and Wendy Johnson11 Molecular Genetic Aspects of Personality 305Alexander Strobel and Burkhard Brocke12 Understanding Human Intelligence by Imaging the Brain 330Roberto Colom and Paul M. Thompson13 Evolutionary Psychology and Individual Differences 353Satoshi KanazawaPart IV Individual Differences and Real-World Outcomes 377Section 1 Work 37914 Individual Differences at Work 379Deniz S. Ones and Chockalingam Viswesvaran15 Leadership 408Robert Hogan and Ghufran AhmadSection 2 Health, Longevity, and Death 42716 Cognitive Epidemiology: Concepts, Evidence, and Future Directions 427Catherine M. Calvin, G. David Batty, and Ian J. Deary17 Personality and Differences in Health and Longevity 461Margaret L. Kern and Howard S. FriedmanSection 3 Society 49118 Personality and the Laws of History 491Robert Hogan and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic19 Individual Differences and Antisocial Behavior 512Vincent Egan20 Intelligence and Social Inequality: Why the Biological Link? 538Linda S. GottfredsonPart V Motivation and Vocational Interests 57721 Goal-Setting: A State Theory, but Related to Traits 579Gary P. Latham, Deshani B. Ganegoda, and Edwin A. Locke22 Personality and Approaches to Learning 588Adrian Furnham23 Vocational Interests: The Road Less Traveled 608Patrick Ian Armstrong, Rong Su, and James RoundsPart VI Competence beyond IQ 633Section 1 Special Abilities 63524 Exceptional Talent and Genius 635Dean Keith Simonton25 Ability and Trait Emotional Intelligence 656K. V. Petrides26 Individual Differences in Creativity 679James C. KaufmanSection 2 Relationships and Subjective Well-Being 69927 Personality and Happiness: Predicting the Experience of Subjective Well-Being 699William Pavot and Ed Diener28 Self-Esteem: Enduring Issues and Controversies 718M. Brent Donnellan, Kali H. Trzesniewski, and Richard W. Robins29 Love at First Sight? Individual Differences and the Psychology of Initial Romantic Attraction 747Viren Swami30 Manifestations of Individual Differences in Physical and Virtual Environments 773Lindsay T. Graham, Carson J. Sandy, and Samuel D. GoslingIndex 801

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