Further Implications of Personality and Behavioural Control

Abstract

Theoretical explanations of personality rarely encompass as broad a range as Corr’s revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (RST) model, which attempts to integrate brain physiology, cognitive psychology and consciousness with personality. Yet, some of the more intriguing possibilities of the model are barely hinted at, such as the implications for the value of self-reports in personality research, or a mechanism that may be able to integrate social influence with psycho-physiology. Such extensions, along with exploration of the model’s practical consequences, should take us much closer to a genuinely comprehensive understanding of personality.