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 3
William Revelle, Joshua Wilt, and David M. Condon
2 Methodological Advances in Differential Psychology 39
William 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 77
Jaap J. A. Denissen, Marcel A. G. van Aken, and Brent W.
Roberts
4 Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory, Research, Applications, and
Future 101
Luke D. Smillie, Natalie J. Loxton, and Rachel E. Avery
5 The General Factor of Personality: Normal and Abnormal 132
J. Philippe Rushton and Paul Irwing
6 Five into One Doesn’t Go: A Critique of the General Factor of
Personality 162
Eamonn Ferguson, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Alan Pickering, and
Alexander Weiss
Section 2 Intelligence 187
7 The Nature and Structure of “Intelligence” 187
Charlie L. Reeve and Silvia Bonaccio
8 Re-Visiting Intelligence–Personality Associations: Vindicating
Intellectual Investment 217
Sophie von Stumm, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, and Phillip L.
Ackerman
9 Individual Differences in Cognitive Aging 242
Elliot M. Tucker-Drob and Timothy A. Salthouse
Part III Biological Causes of Individual Differences 269
10 Behavior Genetics 271
Frank M. Spinath and Wendy Johnson
11 Molecular Genetic Aspects of Personality 305
Alexander Strobel and Burkhard Brocke
12 Understanding Human Intelligence by Imaging the Brain 330
Roberto Colom and Paul M. Thompson
13 Evolutionary Psychology and Individual Differences 353
Satoshi Kanazawa
Part IV Individual Differences and Real-World Outcomes 377
Section 1 Work 379
14 Individual Differences at Work 379
Deniz S. Ones and Chockalingam Viswesvaran
15 Leadership 408
Robert Hogan and Ghufran Ahmad
Section 2 Health, Longevity, and Death 427
16 Cognitive Epidemiology: Concepts, Evidence, and Future
Directions 427
Catherine M. Calvin, G. David Batty, and Ian J. Deary
17 Personality and Differences in Health and Longevity 461
Margaret L. Kern and Howard S. Friedman
Section 3 Society 491
18 Personality and the Laws of History 491
Robert Hogan and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
19 Individual Differences and Antisocial Behavior 512
Vincent Egan
20 Intelligence and Social Inequality: Why the Biological Link?
538
Linda S. Gottfredson
Part V Motivation and Vocational Interests 577
21 Goal-Setting: A State Theory, but Related to Traits 579
Gary P. Latham, Deshani B. Ganegoda, and Edwin A. Locke
22 Personality and Approaches to Learning 588
Adrian Furnham
23 Vocational Interests: The Road Less Traveled 608
Patrick Ian Armstrong, Rong Su, and James Rounds
Part VI Competence beyond IQ 633
Section 1 Special Abilities 635
24 Exceptional Talent and Genius 635
Dean Keith Simonton
25 Ability and Trait Emotional Intelligence 656
K. V. Petrides
26 Individual Differences in Creativity 679
James C. Kaufman
Section 2 Relationships and Subjective Well-Being 699
27 Personality and Happiness: Predicting the Experience of
Subjective Well-Being 699
William Pavot and Ed Diener
28 Self-Esteem: Enduring Issues and Controversies 718
M. Brent Donnellan, Kali H. Trzesniewski, and Richard W. Robins
29 Love at First Sight? Individual Differences and the Psychology
of Initial Romantic Attraction 747
Viren Swami
30 Manifestations of Individual Differences in Physical and Virtual
Environments 773
Lindsay T. Graham, Carson J. Sandy, and Samuel D. Gosling
Index 801
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is Reader at Goldsmiths, Universityof London, Research Fellow at University College London, andVisiting Professor at NYU in London. Chamorro-Premuzic haspublished more than 100 scientific articles and authored fourbooks, including the textbook Personality and IndividualDifferences (also published by Wiley-Blackwell). He is akeynote speaker of the Institute of Economic Affairs and makesfrequent media appearances in the UK and internationally. Sophie von Stumm is an award-winning young scientist whocompleted her postgraduate training at the University of Edinburghand Goldsmiths, University of London. She is currently a SeniorLecturer at the University of Chichester. Her research interestsfocus on intelligence-personality associations in relation toeducational, social, and health outcomes. Adrian Furnham is currently Professor of Psychology atUniversity College London. He has lectured widely abroad and heldscholarships and visiting professorships at, among others, theUniversity 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 haswritten over 700 scientific papers and 60 books. He is on theeditorial board of a number of international journals, as well asthe past elected President of the International Society for theStudy of Individual Differences.
"Valuable for those interested in psychology, education, sociology,or human genetics. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-divisionundergraduates and above, including professionals." (Choice, 1December 2011) "That a fresh and comprehensive statement on currentunderstanding about individual differences! This meaty volumeprovides an unusually deep discussion of personality and mentalabilities like IQ and emotional intelligence, digs into theirbiological roots, and explores their importance at work, inrelationships and in health. With the recent explosion of researchlinking these topics, the time is right for this wonderful update.Don t look for this Handbook on my bookshelves itwill be on my desk and in use. Robert B. Kaiser, Partner, Kaplan DeVriesInc., USA Some of the world s top researchers give us authoritativeand engaging overviews of the central topics in individualdifferences, such as personality, creativity, intelligence,genetics and evolution, work, motivation, special abilities andhappiness, making this a comprehensive guide for understanding howand why people differ. Robert Plomin, Research Professor,Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK This handbook provides a diverse multidisciplinary collection ofchapters by leading researchers. Domains covered range fromintelligence to personality, interests, and motivation andfrom basic research on brain functions to real-world implicationsin the workplace and beyond. Phillip L. Ackerman, Professor ofPsychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. There is much in this handbook that does not simply summarisepresent knowledge but foreshadows the future state of differentialpsychology. Of use to the beginning student as well as the seasonedpsychologist, any serious psychology library should possess thishandbook. Philip J. Corr, Professor of Psychology,University of East Anglia, UK This impressive collection of antecedents, contemporary theory,and the latest empirical research does not shy away fromcontroversial stances or highlighting consensual elements of thefield, making this a must read for students, practitioners andresearchers alike. Richard D. Roberts, Principal Research Scientist,Research and Development, Educational Testing Service, USA With contributions from many leading researchers in differentialpsychology, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of IndividualDifferences provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overviewof individual differences research. This book will be a valuableresource for anyone interested in the field. Tony Vernon, Professor of Psychology,University of Western Ontario, USA With thoughtful and well-written chapters ranging fromthe genetics of individual differences, to the relation betweenintelligence and personality, to the traces that differentindividuals leave behind in their physical environments this handbook manages to be both highly readable andthoroughly informative. Colin G. DeYoung, Assistant Professor ofPsychology, University of Minnesota, USA
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