The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of recent research, current perspectives, practical applications, and likely future developments in the field of individual differences.

List of Plates viii List of Figures ix List of Tables xii List of Contributors xiv Preface xvi List of Abbreviations xix Part I Individual Differences: An Up-to-Date Historical and Methodological Overview 1 1 Individual Differences and Differential Psychology: A Brief History and Prospect 3William Revelle, Joshua Wilt, and David M. Condon 2 Methodological Advances in Differential Psychology 39William Revelle, David M. Condon, and Joshua Wilt Part II Intelligence and Personality: Structure and Development 75 Section 1 Personality 77 3 Personality Development across the Life Span 77Jaap J. A. Denissen, Marcel A. G. van Aken, and Brent W. Roberts 4 Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory, Research, Applications, and Future 101Luke D. Smillie, Natalie J. Loxton, and Rachel E. Avery 5 The General Factor of Personality: Normal and Abnormal 132J. Philippe Rushton and Paul Irwing 6 Five into One Doesn’t Go: A Critique of the General Factor of Personality 162Eamonn Ferguson, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Alan Pickering, and Alexander Weiss Section 2 Intelligence 187 7 The Nature and Structure of “Intelligence” 187Charlie L. Reeve and Silvia Bonaccio 8 Re-Visiting Intelligence–Personality Associations: Vindicating Intellectual Investment 217Sophie von Stumm, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, and Phillip L. Ackerman 9 Individual Differences in Cognitive Aging 242Elliot M. Tucker-Drob and Timothy A. Salthouse Part III Biological Causes of Individual Differences 269 10 Behavior Genetics 271Frank M. Spinath and Wendy Johnson 11 Molecular Genetic Aspects of Personality 305Alexander Strobel and Burkhard Brocke 12 Understanding Human Intelligence by Imaging the Brain 330Roberto Colom and Paul M. Thompson 13 Evolutionary Psychology and Individual Differences 353Satoshi Kanazawa Part IV Individual Differences and Real-World Outcomes 377 Section 1 Work 379 14 Individual Differences at Work 379Deniz S. Ones and Chockalingam Viswesvaran 15 Leadership 408Robert Hogan and Ghufran Ahmad Section 2 Health, Longevity, and Death 427 16 Cognitive Epidemiology: Concepts, Evidence, and Future Directions 427Catherine M. Calvin, G. David Batty, and Ian J. Deary 17 Personality and Differences in Health and Longevity 461Margaret L. Kern and Howard S. Friedman Section 3 Society 491 18 Personality and the Laws of History 491Robert Hogan and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic 19 Individual Differences and Antisocial Behavior 512Vincent Egan 20 Intelligence and Social Inequality: Why the Biological Link? 538Linda S. Gottfredson Part V Motivation and Vocational Interests 577 21 Goal-Setting: A State Theory, but Related to Traits 579Gary P. Latham, Deshani B. Ganegoda, and Edwin A. Locke 22 Personality and Approaches to Learning 588Adrian Furnham 23 Vocational Interests: The Road Less Traveled 608Patrick Ian Armstrong, Rong Su, and James Rounds Part VI Competence beyond IQ 633 Section 1 Special Abilities 635 24 Exceptional Talent and Genius 635Dean Keith Simonton 25 Ability and Trait Emotional Intelligence 656K. V. Petrides 26 Individual Differences in Creativity 679James C. Kaufman Section 2 Relationships and Subjective Well-Being 699 27 Personality and Happiness: Predicting the Experience of Subjective Well-Being 699William Pavot and Ed Diener 28 Self-Esteem: Enduring Issues and Controversies 718M. Brent Donnellan, Kali H. Trzesniewski, and Richard W. Robins 29 Love at First Sight? Individual Differences and the Psychology of Initial Romantic Attraction 747Viren Swami 30 Manifestations of Individual Differences in Physical and Virtual Environments 773Lindsay T. Graham, Carson J. Sandy, and Samuel D. Gosling Index 801

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