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Personality and competitiveness: Extraversion, agreeableness, and their aspects, predict self-report

How are basic personality traits linked with individual differences in competitiveness? We examined extraversion and agreeableness, as...

Extraversion and reward-processing: Consolidating evidence from an electroencephalographic index of

Trait extraversion has been theorized to emerge from functioning of the dopaminergic reward system. Recent evidence for this view shows...

To fear or fly to the unknown: Tolerance for ambiguity and Big Five personality traits

The present study investigated whether ambiguity tolerance relates to personality traits that are theoretically grounded in fear...

Using the Big Five Aspect Scales to translate between the HEXACO and Big Five personality models

Objective The extensive use of two diverging personality taxonomies (the Big Five and HEXACO models) in contemporary research creates a...

Prosociality and morality through the lens of personality psychology

Prosociality and morality are critical to the functioning and flourishing of society. There is, however, great variation in the degree to...

Openness/Intellect and Susceptibility to Pseudo‐Profound Bullshit: A Replication and Extension

‘Pseudo‐profound bullshit’ (PPBS) is a class of meaningless statements designed to appear profound. Profundity ratings for PPBS have been...

Costless and Costly Prosociality: Correspondence Among Personality Traits, Economic Preferences, and

Prosociality can either be costly (e.g., donating to charity) or costless (e.g., posthumous organ donation). Whereas links between...

Costs and Benefits of Acting Extraverted: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Evidence suggests that extraverted (i.e., bold, agentic) behavior increases positive affect (PA), and could be targeted in wellbeing...

Some Metatheoretical Principles for Personality Neuroscience

Theories in personality neuroscience must aim to be consistent with several levels of explanation. If we view personality traits as...

From Windfall Sharing to Property Ownership: Prosocial Personality Traits in Giving and Taking Dicta

The dictator game is a well-known task measuring prosocial preferences, in which one person divides a fixed amount of windfall money with...

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