Great ape origins of personality maturation and sex differences: A study of orangutans and chimpanzees

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 648-664

  Weiss, Alexander ^a   King, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Five factor theory; Personality; Primate; Social investment theory

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; ORANGUTAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PONGO; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84926329550     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000022     Document Type: Article

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