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The concept of personality has recently begun to attract a great deal of interest in behavioural ecology. However, there is also a large and mature literature on personality within human psychology. These two bodies of work have developed independently and at present make rather little reference to one another. The current paper has two main objectives. First, we seek to acquaint behavioural ecologists with the principal ideas and issues found in the human personality psychology literature. Second, we explore how ideas from the behavioural ecology literature might help advance research in human personality psychology. We suggest strong potential for convergence between the two literatures in the near future. Common themes of this future unified science of personality include the conception of personality traits as reaction norms, a commitment to the importance of direct measurement of behaviour, investigation of both proximate and ultimate explanations for personality variation, and a concern with the impact of personality variation on survival and reproductive success.
Author(s): Nettle D, Penke L
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences
Year: 2010
Volume: 365
Issue: 1560
Pages: 4043-4050
Print publication date: 01/12/2010
ISSN (print): 0962-8452
ISSN (electronic): 1471-2954
Publisher: ROYAL SOC
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0061
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0061
