The longitudinal stability of personality is low in childhood but increases substantially into
adulthood. Theoretical explanations for this trend differ in the emphasis placed on intrinsic …

The personality trait of neuroticism refers to relatively stable tendencies to respond with
negative emotions to threat, frustration, or loss. Individuals in the population vary markedly …

There is currently no consensus on how to study psychological situations, and situation
research is still riddled with problems of conceptualization (what is a situation and what is it …

Clinical and basic personality psychologists interact less than they should, given their similar
interests. In clinical personality psychology, available evidence supports a transition from the …

This article introduces the notion of genetic essentialist biases: cognitive biases associated
with essentialist thinking that are elicited when people encounter arguments that genes are …

Neuroscience is contributing to an understanding of the biological bases of human
intelligence differences. This work is principally being conducted along two empirical fronts …

Increasing numbers of empirical studies provide compelling evidence that personality traits
change across the entire lifespan. What initiates this continuing personality development …

Despite the fact that human society has greatly benefited from the availability of information
and communication technologies (ICT), both the use and ubiquity of ICT may also have a" …

This book brings together prominent investigators to provide a comprehensive guide to
doing life course research, including an “inside view” of how they designed and carried out …

In this article, we address a number of issues surrounding biological models of personality
traits. Most traditional and many contemporary biological models of personality traits assume …