Personality, Evolution and Development
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2019) | Viewed by 11602
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Personality is often defined as a set of stable traits that distinguish individuals from one another. Because developmental psychology studies how people change over time, and evolutionary psychology typically studies evolved human nature rather than differences between individuals, personality psychology at first might seem incompatible with developmental and evolutionary psychology. Yet a complete picture of human beings requires an understanding of how people can show both stability and change in personality and how there can be both traits common to all human beings as well as traits that distinguish individuals from one another. In pursuit of this complete picture, this Special Issue will contain research that synthesizes and integrates ideas from personality, developmental, and evolutionary psychology. Submissions of theoretical, empirical, and applied research studies are all encouraged, as are submissions from professionals in fields related to psychology such as anthropology, biology, human ecology, economics, sociology, and the history and philosophy of science. Papers addressing personality and development, personality and evolution, or all three areas—personality, development, and evolution—will be considered.
Prof. John A. Johnson
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- personality
- evolution
- development
- stability and change
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