The Contribution of Genetics and Early Rearing Experiences to Hierarchical Personality Dimensions in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 889-900

  Latzman, Robert D ^a   Freeman, Hani D ^b   Schapiro, Steven J ^b   Hopkins, William D ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Early rearing; Gene environment interactions; Heritability; Personality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84946490054     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000040     Document Type: Article

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