The Wiley-Blackwell 
                     Handbook of 
              Individual Differences
               Edited by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, 
              Sophie von Stumm, and Adrian Furnham
   © Furnham, Adrian; von Stumm, Sophie; Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas, Feb 23, 2011, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual DifferencesWiley, Hoboken, ISBN: 9781444343106
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         Chamorro-Premuzic, Sophie von Stumm, Adrian Furnham.
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         manuals, etc.  3. Intelligence--Handbooks, manuals, etc.  I. Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas. 
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                                           Contents
              List of Plates                                                              viii
              List of Figures                                                              ix
              List of Tables                                                              xii
              List of Contributors                                                        xiv
              Preface xvi
              List of Abbreviations                                                       xix
              Part I      Individual Differences: An Up-to-Date Historical 
                          and Methodological Overview                                      1
                     1    Individual Differences and Differential Psychology: 
                          A Brief History and Prospect                                     3
                          William Revelle, Joshua Wilt, and David M. Condon
                     2    Methodological Advances in Differential Psychology              39
                          William Revelle, David M. Condon, and Joshua Wilt
              Part II     Intelligence and Personality: Structure 
                          and Development                                                75
              Section 1  Personality                                                      77
                     3    Personality Development across the Life Span                    77
                          Jaap J. A. Denissen, Marcel A. G. van Aken, 
                          and Brent W. Roberts
                     4    Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory, Research, Applications, 
                          and Future                                                     101
                          Luke D. Smillie, Natalie J. Loxton, and Rachel E. Avery
     © Furnham, Adrian; von Stumm, Sophie; Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas, Feb 23, 2011, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual DifferencesWiley, Hoboken, ISBN: 97814443431065 The General Factor of Personality: Normal and Abnormal 132
                          J. Philippe Rushton and Paul Irwing
               vi                                  Contents
                       6    Five into One Doesnt Go: A Critique of the General 
                            Factor of Personality                                           162
                            Eamonn Ferguson, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, 
                            Alan Pickering, and Alexander Weiss
               Section 2  Intelligence                                                      187
                       7    The Nature and Structure of “Intelligence”                      187
                            Charlie L. Reeve and Silvia Bonaccio
                       8    Re-Visiting Intelligence–Personality Associations: 
                            Vindicating Intellectual Investment                             217
                            Sophie von Stumm, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, 
                            and Phillip L. Ackerman
                       9    Individual Differences in Cognitive Aging                       242
                            Elliot M. Tucker-Drob and Timothy A. Salthouse
               Part III  Biological Causes of Individual Differences                       269
                       10  Behavior Genetics                                                271
                            Frank M. Spinath and Wendy Johnson
                       11  Molecular Genetic Aspects of Personality                         305
                            Alexander Strobel and Burkhard Brocke
                       12  Understanding Human Intelligence by Imaging the Brain            330
                            Roberto Colom and Paul M. Thompson
                       13  Evolutionary Psychology and Individual Differences               353
                            Satoshi Kanazawa
               Part IV  Individual Differences and Real-World 
                            Outcomes                                                       377
               Section 1  Work                                                              379
                       14  Individual Differences at Work                                   379
                            Deniz S. Ones and Chockalingam Viswesvaran
                       15 Leadership                                                        408
                            Robert Hogan and Ghufran Ahmad
               Section 2  Health, Longevity, and Death                                      427
                       16  Cognitive Epidemiology: Concepts, Evidence, 
                            and Future Directions                                           427
                            Catherine M. Calvin, G. David Batty, and Ian J. Deary
                       17  Personality and Differences in Health and Longevity              461
                            Margaret L. Kern and Howard S. Friedman
               Section 3  Society                                                           491
     © Furnham, Adrian; von Stumm, Sophie; Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas, Feb 23, 2011, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual DifferencesWiley, Hoboken, ISBN: 978144434310618  Personality and the Laws of History 491
                            Robert Hogan and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic