Main description:

The International Society for the Study of Individual Differences unites researchers, teachers, and students interested in all areas of individual differences (e.g., gender, temperament, personality, intelligence) and their assessment in human and animal research.The Society's aim is to investigate the major dimensions of individual differences in the context of experimental, physiological, pharmacological, clinical, medical, genetical, statistical, and social psychology, as well as to seek the determinants, causes and concomitants of individual differences, using concepts derived from these disciplines.This volume contains abstracts of the latest research presented at the Society's 13th biennial meeting held in Giessen, Germany, and provides an excellent source of up-to-date research information for all those interested in individual differences in a wide variety of fields.

Contents:

Keynote; Symposia; 1. Genetic Variation of Emotional Regulation and Cognitive Functioning; 2. Individual Difference Factors and Psychological Adjustment Among Adolescents; 3. Ambulatory Assessment - Issues and Perspectives; 4. Individual Differences in Implicit Mental Representations: IAT and Beyond; 5. Gender Differences in Ability; 6. Behavior Genetic Research: Current Trends and Findings; 7. Intelligence, Health and Death; 8. Noncognitive Constructs in Education; 9. The Challenge of Impulsivity: A Symposium in Memory of Prof. Ernest S. Barratt; 10. Faking in Personality Tests; 11. Recent Developments in Emotional Intelligence Research; 12. Personality-congruent Information Processing; 13. Sensational Interests and Delinquency: Going beyond P; 14. Individual Differences in Categorization and Decision-Making; Paper Sessions; 1. Emotional Intelligence; 2. Individual Differences in Cognitive Functions; 3. Biological Basis of Personality; 4. Personality in the Field of Educational Psychology & Applied Psychology; 5. Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory; 6. Intelligence; 7. Individual Differences in Affect Regulation; 8. Personality Theory and Traits; Poster Presentations; 1. Temperament & Chronobiology; 2. Selected Personality Constructs; 3. Big Five; 4. Biological Basis; 5. Individual Differences in Social & Applied Psychology; 6. Behavioral Genetics; 7. Emotional Intelligence; 8. Intelligence & Cognition; 9. Health & Disease; 10. Individual Differences and Educational Psychology; 11. Implicit Measures; 12. Facets of Neuroticism, Stress & Coping; 13. Methods; Author Index; Sponsors and Exhibitors.