A Complex Adaptive Systems Approach to Personality and Social Psychology through 
                        Design Sciences 
                             
                             
                        Andrew Reilly 
                         March, 2019 
                             
                             
         A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The Australian National 
                        University, 2019. 
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                   © Copyright by Andrew Reilly 2019 
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       I declare that this thesis reports my original work, no part of this thesis has been accepted 
       previously and presented for the award of any degree or diploma from any university, and to 
       the best of my knowledge no material published or written by another individual is included 
       in this thesis, except where due acknowledgement is given. 
        
       Paper 1 
       Title: A complex adaptive systems approach to the relationship between personality and 
       social division 
       Authors: Andrew Reilly, Dirk Van Rooy, Simon Angus 
       Publication: Systems Research and Behavioral Science via World Conference on Complex 
       Systems 2019 
       Status: Under Review 
        
       Paper 2 
       Title: Belief persistence, stress, and shared reality: An agent-based model 
       Authors: Andrew Reilly, Dirk Van Rooy, Simon Angus 
       Publication: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation via Social Simulation 
       Conference 2019 
       Status: Submitted 
        
       Paper 3 
       Title: Design sciences in social psychological research: Using computational models and 
       serious games to complement existing methods 
       Authors: Andrew Reilly, Dirk Van Rooy, Simon Angus 
       Publication: Behavior Research Methods 
       Status: Submitted 
        
       Paper 4 
       Title: Exploring the relationship between personality and strategy formation using Market 
       Farmer: A pilot study on the use of a bespoke computer game in behavioural research 
       Authors: Andrew Reilly, Dirk Van Rooy, Simon Angus 
       Publication: The Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 
       Status: Submitted 
        
        
        
                       Acknowledgements 
        
       I would like to thank Dr Dirk Van Rooy for his encouragement and support of my PhD study 
       and for his patience in dealing with my various dead ends. I would also like to thank Dr 
       Simon Angus for his patience and technical rigour in providing help and support for the 
       different projects undertaken. I would also like to thank panel members at the ANU for their 
       advice, particularly Dr Mike Smithson who always seemed to have a moment. Finally, I 
       would also like to thank my wife for supporting me over these years and for family and 
       friends who have shown an interest in my work. 
        
       Editorial services were provided by Andrea Watts according to Standards D and E of the 
       Australian Standards for Editing Practice.