Concerned with the ways humans develop an organised set of characteristics to shape themselves and the world around them, this is a study of how people come to be 'different' and 'similar' to others, on both an individual and a cultural level. This volume explores the scientific foundations of personality and individual differences, in chapters arranged across three thematic sections.

Concerned with the ways humans develop an organised set of characteristics to shape themselves and the world around them, this is a study of how people come to be 'different' and 'similar' to others, on both an individual and a cultural level. This volume focuses on the multiple origins of personality and individual differences, in chapters arranged across three thematic sections.

Concerned with the ways humans develop an organised set of characteristics to shape themselves and the world around them, this is a study of how people come to be 'different' and 'similar' to others, on both an individual and a cultural level. This volume focuses on various contexts and applications of personality and individual differences, in chapters arranged across three thematic sections.