Personality Structure, Sex Differences, and Temporal Change and Stability in Wild White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus capucinus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 299-311

  Manson, Joseph H ^a   Perry, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cebus capucinus; Five factor model; Personality; Trait rating

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBUS; FEMALE; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CEBUS; FEMALE; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883200531     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031316     Document Type: Article

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