{"product_id":"the-wiley-blackwell-handbook-of-individual-differences-isbn-9781119050308","title":"The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of recent research, current perspectives, practical applications, and likely future developments in individual differences.   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together the work of the top global researchers within the area of individual differences, including Philip L. Ackerman, Ian J. Deary, Ed Diener, Robert Hogan, Deniz S. Ones and Dean Keith Simonton\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers methodological, theoretical and paradigm changes in the area of individual differences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIndividual chapters cover core areas of individual differences including personality and intelligence, biological causes of individual differences, and creativity and emotional intelligence \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e List of Plates viii \u003cp\u003eList of Figures ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Individual Differences: An Up-to-Date Historical and Methodological Overview 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Individual Differences and Differential Psychology: A Brief History and Prospect 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Revelle, Joshua Wilt, and David M. Condon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Methodological Advances in Differential Psychology 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Revelle, David M. Condon, and Joshua Wilt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Intelligence and Personality: Structure and Development 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1 Personality 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Personality Development across the Life Span 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJaap J. A. Denissen, Marcel A. G. van Aken, and Brent W. Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory, Research, Applications, and Future 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuke D. Smillie, Natalie J. Loxton, and Rachel E. Avery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The General Factor of Personality: Normal and Abnormal 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Philippe Rushton and Paul Irwing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Five into One Doesn’t Go: A Critique of the General Factor of Personality 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEamonn Ferguson, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Alan Pickering, and Alexander Weiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2 Intelligence 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Nature and Structure of “Intelligence” 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlie L. Reeve and Silvia Bonaccio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Re-Visiting Intelligence–Personality Associations: Vindicating Intellectual Investment 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSophie von Stumm, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, and Phillip L. Ackerman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Individual Differences in Cognitive Aging 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElliot M. Tucker-Drob and Timothy A. Salthouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Biological Causes of Individual Differences 269\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Behavior Genetics 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrank M. Spinath and Wendy Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Molecular Genetic Aspects of Personality 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander Strobel and Burkhard Brocke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Understanding Human Intelligence by Imaging the Brain 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberto Colom and Paul M. Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Evolutionary Psychology and Individual Differences 353\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSatoshi Kanazawa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Individual Differences and Real-World Outcomes 377\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1 Work 379\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Individual Differences at Work 379\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeniz S. Ones and Chockalingam Viswesvaran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Leadership 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Hogan and Ghufran Ahmad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2 Health, Longevity, and Death 427\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Cognitive Epidemiology: Concepts, Evidence, and Future Directions 427\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine M. Calvin, G. David Batty, and Ian J. Deary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Personality and Differences in Health and Longevity 461\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret L. Kern and Howard S. Friedman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3 Society 491\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Personality and the Laws of History 491\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Hogan and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Individual Differences and Antisocial Behavior 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVincent Egan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Intelligence and Social Inequality: Why the Biological Link? 538\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda S. Gottfredson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Motivation and Vocational Interests 577\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Goal-Setting: A State Theory, but Related to Traits 579\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary P. Latham, Deshani B. Ganegoda, and Edwin A. Locke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Personality and Approaches to Learning 588\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdrian Furnham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Vocational Interests: The Road Less Traveled 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrick Ian Armstrong, Rong Su, and James Rounds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Competence beyond IQ 633\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1 Special Abilities 635\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Exceptional Talent and Genius 635\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDean Keith Simonton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Ability and Trait Emotional Intelligence 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eK. V. Petrides\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Individual Differences in Creativity 679\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames C. Kaufman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2 Relationships and Subjective Well-Being 699\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Personality and Happiness: Predicting the Experience of Subjective Well-Being 699\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Pavot and Ed Diener\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Self-Esteem: Enduring Issues and Controversies 718\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eM. Brent Donnellan, Kali H. Trzesniewski, and Richard W. Robins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Love at First Sight? Individual Differences and the Psychology of Initial Romantic Attraction 747\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eViren Swami\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Manifestations of Individual Differences in Physical and Virtual Environments 773\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLindsay T. Graham, Carson J. Sandy, and Samuel D. Gosling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 801\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTomas Chamorro-Premuzic\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSophie von Stumm\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrian Furnham\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Fresh and comprehensive, this meaty volume provides an unusually deep discussion of individual differences. With the recent explosion of research, the time is right for this wonderful update. Don’t look for this handbook ton my bookshelves—it will be on my desk and in use.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert B. Kaiser, Partner, Kaplan DeVries Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Some of the world’s top researchers give us authoritative and engaging overviews of the central topics in individual differences, such as personality, creativity, intelligence, genetics and evolution, work, motivation, special abilities and happiness, making this a comprehensive guide for understanding how and why people differ.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Plomin, Research Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This handbook provides a diverse multidisciplinary collection of chapters by leading researchers. Domains covered range from intelligence to personality, interests, and motivation—and from basic research on brain functions to real-world implications in the workplace and beyond.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhillip L. Ackerman, Professor of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“There is much in this handbook that does not simply summarize present knowledge but foreshadows the future state of differential psychology. Of use to the beginning student as well as the seasoned psychologist, any serious psychology library should possess this handbook.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip J. Corr, Professor of Psychology, University of East Anglia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of recent research, current perspectives, practical applications, and likely future developments in the field of individual differences. Bringing together the work of top researchers in the field from around the world, this essential reference work covers methodological, theoretical, and paradigm changes in the area of individual differences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeparate chapters cover core disciplines of individual differences including—but not limited to—personality and intelligence, biological, genetic, and social causes of individual differences, and creativity and emotional intelligence. The unparalleled scope of this work makes it a must-have resource for advanced psychology students, academics, and practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990369812709,"sku":"NP9781119050308","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119050308.jpg?v=1761787549","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-wiley-blackwell-handbook-of-individual-differences-isbn-9781119050308","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}