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► We discuss a recent letter by Biro on measuring personalities. ► Behavioural traits may be conflated in an increasingly familiar environment. ► Greater intervals between samples may minimize habituation to novelty. ► Testing in novel environments reflects a comparable behavioural response in the wild. ► Trade-off between number of individuals to the number of measurements per individual.
•Edwards et al. raised some issues with a recent paper by Biro (2012).•Biro's (2012) paper evaluates the use of rapid assays in personality research.•Here I respond to their comments and try to clarify some issues raised.•I attempt to further discussion on methods and approaches in personality research.
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