Evolutionary foundations of personality.

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the evolution of personality. Personality psychology in evolutionary biology is essential and unavoidable. There are four different uses of evolution: (1) evolution as fact, (2) evolution as path, (3) evolution as theory and (4) specific evolutionary hypnotizes. Evolution as fact refers to the natural unfolding or change of organisms down through the generations from earlier forms. Evolution, in this sense, refers to change over time. Evolution as path refers to the specific series of changes that led to a current form; the evolutionary phylogeny, trajectory, or descent of a given species. Although many details of the path of human evolution remain unknown, the specific evolutionary trajectory can be traced from mammalian and primate ancestors to current modern forms. Evolution as theory refers to natural selection, the mechanism or process by which change takes place. If variations in the organic world leading to greater survival and reproduction recur frequently enough over generations, the cumulative effect is evolutionary. Specific evolutionary hypnotizes refer to propositions about the function of a particular mechanism, structure, or feature of human behavior. According to the hypothesis, males have evolved a mechanism to detect when females are ovulating.

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