Personality Processes
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INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 295 A META THEORETIC TAXONOMY OF PERSONALITY THEORIES AND PROCESSESS: THREE DIMENSIONS OF PERSONALITY THEORY...................... 297 Levels of Generality-From the Species to the IndividuaL................................................ 299 Levels of Explanation-From the Gene to the Society........................................................ 299 Levels of Functioning............... ........................................................................................ .... 300 RECENT TRENDS IN PERSONALITY AND RELATED FIELDS ...................................... 300 ALL PEOPLE ARE THE SAME: THE STUDY OF SPECIES-TYPICAL BEHAVIOR ....... 30 I Evolutionary Personality Psychology.................................................................................. 302 Evolutionary Causes for Individual Diff erences .................................................................. 302 Sexual Strategies .. ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Sociology of Generational Effects ....................................................................................... 303 Psychodynamic Theory ........................................................................................................ 304 SOME PEOPLE ARE THE SAME: THE STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES ................................................................................................................ 304 Trait-Based Differences and Similarities............................................................................. 305 Situation-Based Diff erences and Similarities .......................................... .... ......... ... .. ............................... 317 Trait-by-Situation Interactions ............................................................................................ 317 NO PERSON IS THE SAME: THE STUDY OF UNIQUE PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR .......................................................................... ......................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 318 Personal Construals..... ........................ ................................................................................ 319 Life Histories and the Study of lives ................................................................................... 320 Life Stories ........................................... ................................................................................ 320 FUTURE DIRECTIONS: CHALLENGES AND PROMISES ............................................... 321 Challenges........................................................................ .................................................... 321 Promises............................................................................................................................... 321
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