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Throughout the history of personality psychology, enthusiasm for the social and biological determinants of individuality has waxed and waned in opposition to each other. When emphasis on social factors was popular, interest in biological factors was minimal, and vice versa. Currently, however, there appears to be a ‘coming together of the social and biological views. As evidenced by this international workshop, there is now the beginning of dialog on how to best integrate the social and biological perspectives on human nature. I believe this attests to the maturation of our science, in that formerly divergent lines of explanation and understanding are now converging and integrating/Moreover, this also represents the next great challenge for the science of personality. That challenge concerns how to best integrate the social and biological approaches to personality. What will an integrated perspective look like? How will a common framework be built out of such seemingly opposed perspectives? What will be the key themes and constructs that bring together and bridge the social and biological foundations?
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Larsen, R.J. (1993). Strategies and Tactics for Person-Situation Interaction. In: Hettema, J., Deary, I.J. (eds) Foundations of Personality. NATO ASI Series, vol 72. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1660-2_12
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