An Adaptationist Framework for Personality Science
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Aaron W. Lukaszewski
Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA
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School of Psychology and Exercise Science, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorPatrick K. Durkee
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAaron N. Sell
Psychology and Criminology Department, Heidelberg University, Tiffin, OH, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDaniel Sznycer
Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorDavid M. Buss
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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Aaron W. Lukaszewski
Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA
Correspondence to: Aaron W. Lukaszewski, Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA.
E-mail: aalukas.1859@gmail.com
Search for more papers by this authorDavid M.G. Lewis
School of Psychology and Exercise Science, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorPatrick K. Durkee
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAaron N. Sell
Psychology and Criminology Department, Heidelberg University, Tiffin, OH, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDaniel Sznycer
Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorDavid M. Buss
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Search for more papers by this authorFor their discussion or feedback on previous drafts of this manuscript, we thank Michael Barlev, David Condon, Leda Cosmides, Aaron Goetz, Cari Goetz, David Pietraszewski, Jim Roney, Thom Scott-Phillips, Anna Sedlecek, and John Tooby; the members of the Center for Evolutionary Psychology (UCSB) and Center for the Study of Human Nature (at Cal State Fullerton); and the participants in the 2018 EAPP/EAPA expert meeting at the University of Edinburgh.
Abstract
The field of personality psychology aspires to construct an overarching theory of human nature and individual differences: one that specifies the psychological mechanisms that underpin both universal and variable aspects of thought, emotion, and behaviour. Here, we argue that the adaptationist toolkit of evolutionary psychology provides a powerful meta-theory for characterizing the psychological mechanisms that give rise to within-person, between-person, and cross-cultural variations. We first outline a mechanism-centred adaptationist framework for personality science, which makes a clear ontological distinction between (i) psychological mechanisms designed to generate behavioural decisions and (ii) heuristic trait concepts that function to perceive, describe, and influence others behaviour and reputation in everyday life. We illustrate the utility of the adaptationist framework by reporting three empirical studies. Each study supports the hypothesis that the anger programme—a putative emotional adaptation—is a behaviour-regulating mechanism whose outputs are described in the parlance of the person description factor called ‘Agreeableness’. We conclude that the most productive way forward is to build theory-based models of specific psychological mechanisms, including their culturally evolved design features, until they constitute a comprehensive depiction of human nature and its multifaceted variations. © 2020 European Association of Personality Psychology
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Figure S1. Boxplots showing emotion ratings as a function of the emotion expressed by the face stimuli. Boxes define medians and quartiles. Table S1. Direct Paths from emotion expressions to rated emotions. Figure S2. Multilevel path models testing direct and indirect effects of manipulated facial emotion on rated Agreeableness in Study 2. The paths depict the unique effects of each facial emotion (vs. neutral expression) on rated Agreeableness. All coefficients are standardized estimates. Statistically non-significant associations are represented by dashed paths, and statistically significant associations are represented by thin solid paths (p < .05), thicker paths (p < .01), and very thick paths (p < .001). Table S2. Total, Direct, Indirect, and Specific Indirect paths to Rated Agreeableness Table S3. Direct Paths from emotion expressions to rated emotions. Table S4. Pairwise comparisons of rated agreeableness and rated anger across scenarios. Table S5. Specific indirect, direct, and total paths from NEO Neuroticism facets to rated agreeableness. Table S6. Model estimated correlations between NEO Neuroticism facets. |
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