The origins of extraversion: Joint effects of facultative calibration and genetic polymorphism

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 409-421

  Lukaszewski, Aaron W ^a   Roney, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor gene CAG repeat polymorphism; Behavioral genetics; Extraversion; Facultative calibration; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CALIBRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CALIBRATION; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751522336     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210397209     Document Type: Article

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