tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post2021553355810760801..comments2024-03-14T09:50:44.315+00:00Comments on Psychological comments: #LCI14 Conference proceedings Dimitri van der LindenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-50476573295009989032014-04-30T02:13:47.237+01:002014-04-30T02:13:47.237+01:00I suspect that there is not really a single genera...I suspect that there is not really a single general factor of personality, because it would seem to suggest that a slow strategy is uniformly adaptive and a fast strategy is uniformly maladaptive. This idea was tested in a <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23915038" rel="nofollow">2013 paper</a> examining the correlates of fast and slow strategies. They found that the slow and fast strategies respectively combine a mix of socially desirable and undesirable traits. To quote from the abstract:<br /><br />Specifically, slow-LH individuals tended to behave in a manner that was considerate, kind, hard-working, and reliable but also socially awkward, insecure, and overcontrolling. Fast-LH individuals came across as talkative, socially skilled, dominant, and charming but also unpredictable, hostile, manipulative, and impulsive. These results are consistent with the evolutionary interpretation of LH strategies as being adapted to systematically different environments rather than better or worse approaches to reproductive fitness overall.<br /><br />This seems difficult to reconcile with the idea that a general factor combines all of the desirable traits into a unitary suite. These findings imply that some of the socially undesirable traits, e.g. the dark triad, may be adaptive under some circumstances, as JayMan notes. Other research has found that men with dark triad traits are more physically attractive to women and are more successful at short-term mating. Scott McGrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13757633582829269183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-86127584447800771692014-04-28T00:39:49.220+01:002014-04-28T00:39:49.220+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-54057655009964689852014-04-27T18:45:27.861+01:002014-04-27T18:45:27.861+01:00I'm not sure what to make of the GFP yet. His ...I'm not sure what to make of the GFP yet. His findings would have been a bit more convincing if it was measured on the <a href="http://jaymans.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/predictions-on-the-worldwide-distribution-of-personality/" rel="nofollow">HEXACO, which, while itself imperfect</a>, is a much more complete and likely more accurate system than the Big Five. This is especially acute because of Honesty-humility dimension of the HEXACO. One would imagine that socially competent people would be some level higher on certain aspects of the Dark Tetrad (especially Machiavellianism), but perhaps lower on others.JayManhttp://jaymans.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com