Personality, values, culture : an evolutionary approach / Ronald Fischer, Victoria University of Wellington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fischer, Ronald, 1976- author.

Series:

Culture and psychology.

Culture and psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnopsychology.

Personality and culture.

Values.

Evolutionary psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 270 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Humans are complex social beings. To understand human behaviour, an integrated perspective is required - one which considers both what we regularly do (our personality traits) and what motivates us (our values). Personality, Values, Culture uses an evolutionary perspective to look at the similarities and differences in personality and values across modern societies. Integrating research on personality and human values into a functional framework that highlights their underlying compatibilities (driven by shared genetic and brain mechanisms), Fischer describes how personality is shaped by the complex interplay between genes and the environment, both over the course of human evolution and within the lifespan of individuals. He proposes a gene-culture coevolution model of personality and values to explain how and why people differ around the world and how genes, economics, social conditions, and climate jointly shape personality.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-54699-4

1-316-09194-5

1-108-54809-1