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Title: Towards an Integrated Concept of Personality in Human and Nonhuman Animals.
Authors: Delval, Irene (AUTHOR), Fernández-Bolaños, Marcelo (AUTHOR), Izar, Patrícia (AUTHOR)
Source: Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science. Mar2024, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p271-302. 32p.
Subjects: Behaviorism (Psychology), Personality, Semantics (Philosophy), Personality studies, Individual differences, Temperament
Abstract: Every individual has an idiosyncratic way of feeling, thinking and behaving, which is relatively stable across time and situations. Usually known as Personality, today this phenomenon is recognized in many species, including arthropods, fish, avian or mammals. From an evolutionary perspective, research has shown that personality differences are manifest in distinctive forms of dealing with selective pressures, with consequences for fitness. Despite these facts, the study of personality in animals other than humans is relatively new. Only two decades ago, consistent behavioral individual differences were considered 'noise' around an optimal strategy for behavioral ecologists. Also, psychologists were not interested in animal personality as a consequence of the fear of anthropomorphization and the erroneous belief that humans are unique in nature. Fortunately, this misconception seems already overcome but there are still conceptual issues preventing a unified concept of personality. Throughout this review, we first explore the etymological origins of personality and other terminological issues. We further revise the historical course of the study of personality in humans and other animals, from the perspectives of Psychology and Behavioral Ecology, on the basis of the most used approach, the trait theory. We present the study of nonhuman primates as a paradigmatic example in between both frameworks. Finally, we discuss about the necessity of a unified science of personality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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