Overview
- Gathers submissions from a variety of specialists in research on individual differences in primate temperament, personality, or behavioral syndromes.
- Offers much to those interested in studying the personality of nonhuman primates and other species (including humans).
- Demonstrates the richness and diversity of findings and inspires new researchers to take the sorts of bold steps needed to further our understanding of diversity in primates, whether they are nonhuman or human.
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects (DIPR)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Beginnings of Personality Measurement in Nonhuman Primates
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Some Basic Issues in Personality Measurement in Nonhuman Primates
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Empirical Studies
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Erratum To: Reactivity and Behavioral Inhibition as Personality Traits in Nonhuman Primates
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Back Matter
About this book
Recently, there has been an increased interest in research on personality, temperament, and behavioral syndromes (henceforth to be referred to as personality) in nonhuman primates and other animals. This follows, in part, from a general interest in the subject matter and the realization that individual differences, once consigned to ‘error’ terms in statistical analyses, are potentially important predictors, moderators, and mediators of a wide variety of outcomes ranging from the results of experiments to health to enrichment programs. Unfortunately, while there is a burgeoning interest in the subject matter, findings have been reported in a diverse number of journals and most of the methodological and statistical approaches were developed in research on human personality.
The proposed volume seeks to gather submissions from a variety of specialists in research on individual differences in primate temperament, personality, or behavioral syndromes. We anticipate that chapters will cover several areas. The first part of this edited volume will focus on methodological considerations including the advantages and disadvantages of different means of assessing these constructs in primates and introduce some statistical approaches that have typically been the domain of human personality research. Another part of this edited volume will focus on present findings including the physiological and genetic bases of personality dimensions in primates; the relationship between personality and age; how personality may moderate or impact various outcomes including behavior, health, and well-being in captive and non-captive environments. For the third part of the volume we hope to obtain summaries of the existing work of the authors on the evolutionary important of personality dimensions and guideposts for future directions in this new and exciting area of research.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“The book Personality and Temperament in Nonhuman Primates … presents current research in the emerging field investigating nonhuman primate personality. … It contains excellent references and would be an outstanding text for an upper level undergraduate course or graduate seminars. The book provides a survey of personality research and methods comprehensively, and could serve as a superb foundational text for any personality course focusing on human or nonhuman animals. It is also a ‘must’ for anyone studying nonhuman animal personality and particularly primates.” (Francine L. Dolins and Duane Rumbaugh, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 57 (26), July, 2012)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Personality and Temperament in Nonhuman Primates
Editors: Alexander Weiss, James E. King, Lindsay Murray
Series Title: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0176-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-0175-9Published: 10 August 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2971-5Published: 24 October 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-0176-6Published: 10 August 2011
Series ISSN: 1574-3489
Series E-ISSN: 1574-3497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 346
Topics: Zoology, Evolutionary Biology