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The General Factor of Personality: A Hierarchical Life History Model

  • Aurelio José Figueredo
  • , W. Jake Jacobs
  • , Michael A. Woodley of Menie

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Abstract

Building on evolutionary models of personality proposed in the first edition of the Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, this chapter considers the evolutionary significance of a relatively new higher-order personality construct, the so-called general factor of personality (GFP). The history of the construct is reviewed, along with a large portion of the recent theoretical literature addressing the existence and nature of the GFP and the empirical literaturerelevant to that.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationThe Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology
PublisherWiley
Pages1-25
Number of pages25
ISBN (Electronic)9781119125563
ISBN (Print)9780471264033
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2015

Keywords

  • Brunswik symmetry
  • general factor of personality
  • hierarchical latent structure
  • life history theory
  • strategic differention-integration effort

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences
  • General Psychology

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