Metatheoretical definitions and methodological foundations

Uher, J. (in press). What is behaviour? And (when) is language behaviour? Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. [Download]  DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.12104

Uher, J. (2016). Exploring the workings of the psyche: Metatheoretical and methodological foundations. Annals of Theoretical Psychology, 13, 299-324. [Download]  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21094-0_18 

Uher, J. (2015a). Conceiving "personality": Psychologists’ challenges and basic fundamentals of the Transdisciplinary Philosophy-of-Science Paradigm for Research on Individuals. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 49, 398-458. [Download]  DOI: 10.1007/s12124-014-9283-1

Microgenetic, ontogenetic and (possible) phylogenetic development of the psyche

Uher, J. (2015d). Agency enabled by the Psyche: Explorations using the Transdisciplinary Philosophy-of-Science Paradigm for Research on Individuals. Annals of Theoretical Psychology, 12, 177-228. [Download] DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10130-9_13

Basic concepts, systematic categorisation, measurement and  interpretation of findings and models 

Uher, J. (accepted). The Transdisciplinary Philosophy-of-Science Paradigm for Research on Individuals: Foundations for the Science of Personality and Individual Differences. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds). The SAGE Handbook of Personality and Individual Differences. Vol. 1. The Science of Personality and Individual Differences. Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives on Personality and Individual Differences. London, UK: Sage. 

Uher, J. (2015a). Conceiving "personality": Psychologists’ challenges and basic fundamentals of the Transdisciplinary Philosophy-of-Science Paradigm for Research on Individuals. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 49, 398-458. [Download]  DOI: 10.1007/s12124-014-9283-1

Uher, J. (2015b). Developing "personality" taxonomies: Metatheoretical and methodological rationales underlying selection approaches, methods of data generation and reduction principles. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 49, 531-589. [Download]  DOI: 10.1007/s12124-014-9280-4

Uher, J. (2015c). Interpreting "personality" taxonomies: Why previous models cannot capture individual-specific experiencing, behaviour, functioning and development. Major taxonomic tasks still lay ahead. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 49, 600-655. [Download]  DOI: 10.1007/s12124-014-9281-3

Uher, J. (2014). Fundamental challenges of contemporary "personality" research. Physics of Life Reviews, 11, 695-696. [Download]  DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2014.10.005

Uher, J. (2013). Personality psychology: Lexical approaches, assessment methods, and trait concepts reveal only half of the story. Why it is time for a paradigm shift. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 47, 1-55. [Download]  DOI: 10.1007/s12124-013-9230-6 
 

Methodologies for comparisons of individuals across situations, groups and species

Uher, J. (2015e). Comparing individuals within and across situations, groups and species: Metatheoretical and methodological foundations demonstrated in primate behaviour. In D. Emmans & A. Laihinen (Eds.). Comparative Neuropsychology and Brain Imaging (Vol. 2), Series Neuropsychology: An Interdisciplinary Approach. (chapter 14, pp. 223-284). Berlin: Lit Verlag. [Download]  ISBN 978-3-643-90653-3  DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3848.8169

Uher, J. (2011a). Individual behavioral phenotypes: An integrative meta-theoretical framework. Why 'behavioral syndromes' are not analogues of 'personality'. Developmental Psychobiology, 53, 521–548.  [Download]  DOI: 10.1002/dev.20544  

Uher, J. (2008a). Comparative personality research: Methodological approaches (Target article). European Journal of Personality, 22, 427-455. [Download]  DOI: 10.1002/per.680

Uher, J. (2008b). Three methodological core issues of comparative personality research. European Journal of Personality, 22, 475-496. [Download]  DOI: 10.1002/per.688
 

Uher, J. (2015e). Comparing individuals within and across situations, groups and species: Metatheoretical and methodological foundations demonstrated in primate behaviour. In D. Emmans & A. Laihinen (Eds.). Comparative Neuropsychology and Brain Imaging (Vol. 2), Series Neuropsychology: An Interdisciplinary Approach. (chapter 14, pp. 223-284). Berlin: Lit Verlag. [Download]  ISBN 978-3-643-90653-3

Uher, J., Addessi, E., & Visalberghi, E. (2013). Contextualised behavioural measurements of personality differences obtained in behavioural tests and social observations in adult capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Journal of Research in Personality, 47, 427-444.  [Download paper; Download supplemental material]  DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.01.013  

Uher, J., Asendorpf, J. B., & Call, J. (2008). Personality in the behaviour of great apes: Temporal stability, cross-situational consistency and coherence in response. Animal Behaviour, 75, 99-112. [Download]  DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.04.018
 

Uher, J., & Visalberghi, E. (2016). Observations versus assessments of personality: A five-method multi-species study reveals numerous biases in ratings and methodological limitations of standardised assessments. Journal of Research in Personality, 61, 61-79.  [Download]  [Supplemental Material]  DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.02.003

Uher, J., Werner, C. S., & Gosselt, K. (2013). From observations of individual behaviour to social representations of personality: Developmental pathways, attribution biases, and limitations of questionnaire methods. Journal of Research in Personality, 47, 647–667.  [Download]  DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.03.006  

Uher, J. (2011b). Personality in nonhuman primates: What can we learn from human personality psychology? In A. Weiss, J. King, & L. Murray (Eds.). Personality and Temperament in Nonhuman Primates (pp. 41-76). New York, NY: Springer. [Download]  DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0176-6_3  

Uher, J. & Asendorpf, J. B. (2008). Personality assessment in the Great Apes: Comparing ecologically valid behavior measures, behavior ratings, and adjective ratings. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 821-838. [Download]  DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.10.004
 

Vlamings, P.H.J.M., Uher, J., & Call, J. (2006). How the Great Apes (Pan troglodytes, Pongo pygmaeus, Pan paniscus, and Gorilla gorilla) perform on the reversed contingency task: The effects of food quantity and food visibility. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 32, 60-70. [pdf] DOI:10.1037/0097-7403.32.1.60