title: Advances in personality theory and research.
abstract: This paper briefly describes important advances in personality research that have been achieved during the past 20 years in the development of a fundamental personality typology and in the determination of the heritability of personality traits. Research conducted at the University of Ottawa that has contributed to the exploration of the biological bases of the extraversion trait is summarized.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Stelmack
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D010556:Personality Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012931:Social Environment