Time-specific convergence and divergence in individual differences in behavior: Theory, protocols and analyzes.

ABSTRACT: Over the years, theoreticians and empiricists working in a wide range of disciplines, including physiology, ethology, psychology, and behavioral ecology, have suggested a variety of reasons why individual differences in behavior might change over time, such that different individuals become more similar (convergence) or less similar (divergence) to one another. Virtually none of these investigators have suggested that convergence or divergence will continue forever, instead proposing that these patterns will be restricted to particular periods over the course of a longer study. However, to date, few empiricists have documented time-specific convergence or divergence, in part because the experimental designs and statistical methods suitable for describing these patterns are not widely known

SUBMITTER: Stamps JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10682899 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature