The thesis of these volumes is that the study of personality traits has advanced towards " normal science " in the sense of a Kuhnian paradigm (cf. Eysenck, 1981; Kuhn, 1962). That is, most researchers in this area share a set of common core beliefs supported by empirical evidence. These include the stability of traits over time, a significant genetic and biological influence on personality, an...

COMING as I do of Ulster stock, it is for me a signal honour to be called upon to pay tribute, on your behalf as well as my own, to the memory of a great Ulster surgeon, Robert Campbell. Some of you, I know, knew personally this tall, genial, sandy-haired Irishman of the commanding presence, the quiet voice, the alert mind, the boyish enthusiasm, and the gentle, capable hands. But many had not ...