Skip to main content

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Akert, R. M., & Panter, A. T. (1988). Extraversion and the ability to decode nonverbal communication. Personality and Individual Differences, 9, 965–972.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Applebaum, S. A. (1973). Psychological-mindedness: Word, concept and essence. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 54, 35–46.

    Google Scholar 

  • Baron-Cohen, S., Wheelwright, S., Hill, J., Raste, Y., & Pumb, I. (2001). The “reading the mind in the eyes” test revised version: A study with normal adults, and adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42, 241–251.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Baumeister, R. F., & Bushman, B. J. (2008). Social psychology and human nature. Belmont: Thompson Wadsworth.

    Google Scholar 

  • Buss, D. M. (1991). Evolutionary personality psychology. Annual Review of Psychology, 42, 459–491.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Dunbar, R. I. M. (2003). The social brain: Mind, language, and society in evolutionary perspective. Annual Review of Anthropology, 32, 163–181.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Estes, S. G. (1938). Judging personality from expressive behavior. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 33, 217–236.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Flinn, M. V., Geary, D. C., & Ward, C. V. (2005). Ecological dominance, social competition, and coalitionary arms races: Why humans evolved extraordinary intelligence. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26, 10–46.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Funder, D. C. (1995). On the accuracy of personality judgment: A realistic approach. Psychological Review, 102, 652–670.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Gardner, H. (1983). Frames of mind: The theory of multiple intelligences. New York: Basic Books.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hall, J. A. (1992). Psychological mindedness: A conceptual model. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 46, 131–140.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Lortie, B. (2015). Personal intelligence in the workplace (Honors thesis). Retrieved from the University of New Hampshire Scholars’ Repository.

    Google Scholar 

  • MacCann, C., Joseph, D. L., Newman, D. A., & Roberts, R. D. (2014). Emotional intelligence is a second-stratum factor of intelligence: Evidence from hierarchical and bifactor models. Emotion, 14, 358–374.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Mayer, J. D. (2008). Personal intelligence. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 27, 209–232.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mayer, J. D. (2009). Personal intelligence expressed: A theoretical analysis. Review of General Psychology, 13, 46–58.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mayer, J. D. (2014). Personal intelligence: The power of personality and how it shapes our lives. New York: Scientific American/Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mayer, J. D. (2015). The power of personality. The Psychologist, 28, 296–299.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mayer, J. D., & Skimmyhorn, W. (2017). Personality attributes that predict cadet performance at West Point. Journal of Research in Personality, 66, 14–26.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mayer, J. D., Wilson, R., & Hazelwood, M. (2010). Personal intelligence expressed: A multiple case study of business leaders. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 30, 201–224.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mayer, J. D., Caruso, D. R., & Panter, A. T. (2011). The Test of Personal Intelligence: Item booklet and scoring systems for various 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2. Unpublished manuscript.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mayer, J. D., Panter, A. T., & Caruso, D. R. (2012). Does personal intelligence exist? Evidence from a new ability-based measure. Journal of Personality Assessment, 94, 124–140.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Mayer, J. D., Panter, A. T., & Caruso, D. R. (2013). Test of Personal Intelligence MINI Marker Scale-12 (TOPI-MINI-12) (2nd ed.): Brief manual, usage agreement, and item booklet. Unpublished manuscript.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mayer, J. D., Caruso, D. R., & Panter, A. T. (2014). Test of Personal Intelligence 1.4 (TOPI 1.4) manual. Retrieved from: http://www.unh.edu/personalitylab/lab-meas-proc/xintel-persl.html

  • Mayer, J. D., Caruso, D. R., & Salovey, P. (2016). The ability model of emotional intelligence: Principles and updates. Emotion Review, 8, 290–300.

    Google Scholar 

  • McCallum, M., & Piper, W. E. (Eds.). (1997). Psychological mindedness: A contemporary understanding. Mahwah: Erlbaum.

    Google Scholar 

  • McGrew, K. S. (2009). CHC theory and the human cognitive abilities project: Standing on the shoulders of the giants of psychometric intelligence research. Intelligence, 37, 1–10.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Moore, M. (2013). Personal intelligence in the workplace and relationships (Honors thesis). Retrieved from the Carolina Digital Repository.

    Google Scholar 

  • Neisser, U. (1988). Five kinds of self-knowledge. Philosophical Psychology, 1, 35–59.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sylaska, K. M., & Mayer, J. D. (2017, January). Major decisions: Personal intelligence and students’ reasoning about college majors. Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

    Google Scholar 

  • Taft, R. (1955). The ability to judge people. Psychological Bulletin, 52, 1–23.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Kateryna M. Sylaska .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Section Editor information

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2017 Springer International Publishing AG

About this entry

Cite this entry

Sylaska, K.M., Allen, J.L., Mayer, J.D. (2017). Personal Intelligence. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2275-1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2275-1

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-28099-8

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-28099-8

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Behavioral Science and PsychologyReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Chapter history

  1. Latest

    Personal Intelligence
    Published:
    25 August 2017

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2275-2

  2. Original

    Personal Intelligence
    Published:
    28 January 2017

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2275-1