2014 Personality Lecture 14: Psychometrics (Biology and Traits)

University of Toronto PSY230
March 4, 2014

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[nickbuddy]

Professor Peterson, however the deal was struck to allow you to film your lectures and upload them on youtube doesn't matter. What does matter is that those of us who are financially or geographically unable to take your class in person are able to access the content online. I consider it a huge gift, and appreciate it greatly. Thank you, professor.

[hobday]

As a working class tradesman this is what gets me through my long days.

[christophergarepo]

This man is brilliant and could actually change the world, he teaches what should be taught in schools and colleges and he is articulate in his methods.

[anonymousdude]

Please don’t ever take these down. I am a bio major, and I’ve seen every one of your YouTube lectures. It’s my second, honorary bachelors degree

[orenjiReichanchoco]

just wanted to let you know how much i appreciate your uploads. Really helps for someone who missed the class for legit reasons :)

[Kindar]

01:05  17 thousand trait descriptors — perhaps there is a simpler structure underneath.
03:46  Raymond Cattell's 16 traits.
04:56  What a trait might be?
06:35  Measurement techniques.
09:25  Making a questionnaire.
23:03  Criteria-related validity.
26:22  3 different kinds of categories.
35:30  Current standard model of personality.
43:04  Plasticity.
45:37  Open people are more capable of aesthetic experience.
48:40  The assertiveness element of extroversion.
50:52  Conscientiousness.
51:02  Follow a schedule.
58:18  Orderliness, disgust and authoritarianism.
59:25  Personality traits have no intrinsic moral value.
1:01:15  Neuroticism.
1:02:22  Agreeableness.
1:02:42  Openness.
1:02:56  Extroversion.
1:03:40  Try consciously to do something for someone else.
1:04:30  General cognitive ability.

[HBh]

Thank you Jordan Peterson for all the uploads and these lectures are beyond helpful!

[swayne]

I wish we could have this version of Jordan back. Culture warrior is not as good.

[elannikkel]

Thank you so much for this oportunity to improve myself and learn. I hope someday that I can tell how much you have improved my life and inspired me to be better, you have no idea :). I feel very gratefull thats for sure!

[donovanvanderlinde]

Thank you for everything you give us !

[THcontacted]

Dear Dr Jordan B Peterson

Thank you for shedding light on the intricate psychological aspects during your talk. Your academic perspective was both enlightening and profoundly inspiring. I greatly appreciated your expertise and many of us have been inspired to delve deeper into the subject. We are truly grateful for the knowledge you shared I believe.

Warm regards,

[eternalmind]

6:40 measurement techniques, 33:05 extracting words from language, 35:40 he standard module for human personality,

[BrianScalabrineMVP]

40:20 serotonin dominance hierarchy confidence/stability

[pyrojason]

We sneezed at exactly the same time, nine years later. Be well!

[JohnChampagne]

~8:45 Now we can have 500, 000 people rate themselves on 100 traits, but with each person seeing a different sample of the 17, 000 words.

[mahamirza]

Peterson needs to speak to the concept of judgment as critical to the conservative and conservative thinking.

[acrab]

How does someone strengthen their ability to pay attention?

[AllieMoonSailor]

Seldom Feel Blue
It’s could be a band name or something.

[henryfraipont]

A question I wish I could ask Jordan Peterson, is if these Big 5 traits are bell curves, and they’re a product of evolution, then it stands to reason that nature has selected low contentiousness as fit for survival in some way. Yet, you tell people to adopt orderly habits regardless of their personality dimension on the Big 5 scale. Is that a paradox or am I missing something about evolution or the Big 5 personality dimension in raising that question?

[JeffMTX]

I’m not in a sociological field, so wonder, has anyone plotted a huge number of people in a multidimensional trait space (I only know the myers Briggs 4-d example) and then done principal component analysis on the points to see how they cluster?