Evolutionary Psychology Of Personality

Selection for personality

• Penke, Denissen, & Miller (2007) [6]
• Bates (2007) [2]

Reproductive success and personality

• Jokela, Alvergne, Pollet, & Lummaa (2011) [3]
• Alvergne, Jokela, & Lummaa (2010) [1]

Deployable (rather than obligate) strategy models

• Nettle (2006) [4] (pdf)
• Nettle (2007) [5] (pdf)
  • Swantje Müller summary pdf

Cosmides effects of sexual reproduction…

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Bibliography

1. Alvergne, A., Jokela, M. and Lummaa, V. (2010). Personality and reproductive success in a high-fertility human population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107. 11745-11750. doi. PMID.

2. Bates, T. C. (2007). Out of the Armchair. European Journal of Personality, 21. 589-637. doi. PMID].

3. Jokela, M., Alvergne, A., Pollet, T. V. and Lummaa, V. (2011). Reproductive behavior and personality traits of the Five Factor Model. European Journal of Personality, 25. 487-500. doi]. PMID].

4. Nettle, D. (2006). The evolution of personality variation in humans and other animals. American Psychologist, 61. 622-631. doi. PMID. (pdf)

5. Nettle, D. (2007). Traits and trade-offs are an important tier. American Psychologist, 62. 1074-1075. doi. PMID. (pdf)

6. Penke, L., Denissen, J. J. A. and Miller, G. F. (2007). The evolutionary genetics of personality. European Journal of Personality, 21. 549-587. doi.