Sources of Constraint on Network Equilibrium

Abstract

We agree with the authors‘ key point that the standard trait approach to personality does not provide a method for understanding the causal structure of personality. Furthermore, their new technique for visualizing structure shows promise. However, although genetic analyses are important, we think that they are, by themselves, inadequate as a source of information/constraint for understanding causal structure. Close attention must also be paid to the biological systems that they influence, the structure of social situations and the dynamics of the interactions among them. We outline one possible approach to these issues. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.