How functionalist and process approaches to behavior can explain trait covariation

Psychological Review

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 84-111

  Wood, Dustin ^a   Gardner, Molly Hensler ^b   Harms, P D ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariation; Expectancy value models; Functionalism; Personality traits; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY;

EID: 84925878969     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038423     Document Type: Article

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