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Intelligence and Personality in Social Behavior

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International Handbook of Personality and Intelligence

Part of the book series: Perspectives on Individual Differences ((PIDF))

Abstract

The overall goal of this chapter is to provide the reader with an integrated conceptual framework for understanding human intelligence and personality as these qualities are reflected in dynamic, complex patterns of social behavior. To accomplish this rather broad and challenging objective, each of the three major constructs represented in this chapter—personality, intelligence, and social behavior—are defined and explicated in separate sections designed to build upon one another in an organized, systematic manner. The intended result is a rich, coherent framework of considerable practical utility (M. Ford & D. Ford, 1987).

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  1. Graduate School of Education, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030-4444, USA

    Martin E. Ford

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  1. Department of Educational Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, S7N 0W0, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

    Donald H. Saklofske

  2. School of Education, University of Haifa, 31999, Mount Carmel, Israel

    Moshe Zeidner

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Ford, M.E. (1995). Intelligence and Personality in Social Behavior. In: Saklofske, D.H., Zeidner, M. (eds) International Handbook of Personality and Intelligence. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5571-8_7

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