2017 Personality 17: Biology and Traits: Agreeableness

In this lecture, I talk about the Big Five trait agreeableness, which is the dimension of the care system, in Jaak Panksepp's terminology. It can be construed as cooperation vs competition, or compliance vs non-compliance, or tender-mindedness vs tough-mindedness. It is also an important determinant of political belief, being the trait most associated with the body of ideas that has come to be known as politically correct.

Agreeable people tend to view the political world as innocent infant vs reptilian predator. Perhaps this is good for you (although probably not) if you are placed in the innocent infant category, but it is not so good if you are deemed reptilian predator :)

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[FatalError]

I've just come here to say that for the last two days I was working on translating this whole video to Czech, so my family and friends could understand what Dr. Peterson is saying in his advanced english. I'd like to thank you, Dr. Peterson, for sharing your fantastic hypothesis with us.

[cobby]

My friends tell me I'm weird for watching uni lectures during my free time when out of my free time I'm listening to lectures at uni as well. No tests for me, no homework. Stress-free learning. I'm happy.

[markboggs]

People tell me I am disagreeable but I disagree with them.

[kylelund]

I think it is absolutely unbelievable how much wisdom can be jam packed into a single lecture.

[joetheperformer]

I love how he says “I will tell you my observations and I want you to tell me if you disagree.”
This is a sign of a true master.

[Unfortunateevents-zd]

Your generosity is boundless. I don't think people truly understand how blessed we are to have this man just put his work out there. Yes, I understand that it could have been for publicity or for extra income, but I truly believe he did this act to actually teach others who, quite frankly, would never have the opportunity to be in that classroom.
You are such a blessing and inspirational, Dr. Peterson.

[alexzag]

Time to sit back and soak in the knowledge. We truly appreciate your work, Dr. Peterson. Thank you!

[polobreak]

0:00 Agreeableness explanation
23:16 Unagreeableness and criminality, and regulation of aggression
36:22 Personality trait and political belief
45:00 Overcoming personality disadvantages

[mmahgerefteh]

Everything he says is so dense in knowledge. He's droppin bombs left and right.

[konstantinostoulou]

My favorite lecture, by far.

A 50 minute video so dense with possibly life changing information, presented in a concise and captivating way. A trully remarkable lesson.

Thank you, professor, for providing me with the opportunity to listen to this from home, free of charge. Wish you the best in everything you do.

[photosolutions]

24:43 "It's easy for people to confuse confidence for competence". I had never noticed that concept; I love how powerful these lectures are; power-charged with insights of knowledge like a mine field. Dr Peterson is such a great teacher. I'm so thankful that he had the initiative to record and and upload these lectures.

[sw.]

Very very true. I went to my boss. Showed what I earn for the company. And asked for a raise. His answer was the others do not earn that much. I told him the others cannot do my job.
I am very aware how agreeable I had been. This is over now. Because no one will evaluate my work for the less money.

[nbultman_art]

Dude Jordan is a fucking hero. Not only is he so carefully articulate and with every word, he's able to cover every perspective base describing his points.

I also don't understand why people aren't more interested in personality. It's blatantly obvious that our beliefs and paradigms of the world determine how we will act. It's the ultimate predictor/measure of how people think and act. It just intrigues me, I love this shit so much

[leonardmilcin]

I am extremely grateful that this is available, openly. When I watch these lectures I feel like various avenues of thinking where I got stuck long ago, suddenly unclog and I feel this rush of sudden understanding. Thank you.

[oneofyou]

His uninterrupted train of thought is astounding. I am a former academic and I suffer from depression and an autoimmune illness. My career was destroyed by them, my train of thought will not last more than twenty minutes without making me physically ill. I am not able to wrap my head around his ability to deliver at such an incredible calibre in spite of him suffering from depression too, as well as an autoimmune illness. How on earth?!

[RonnSono-MassaAcoustics]

I took to heart the advice on the job of a parent and discussed it with my better half. We agreed upon an way to apply it IRL. Now, 3 years later I'm absolutely positive that our 5yo is welcomed everywhere and has many play dates in part because of that approach. He's a cheeky little boy with a sense of humor that seems to charm people around him. Exactly what I could only hope he would become (thus far). We're absolutely blessed that way. TY

[tinakmayo]

I really appreciated this video as I've come to realize I am highly agreeable (to my detriment). At the very end of this video Dr. Peterson states that it would be useful to investigate the viewpoints of people with opposing views. Now that is something that I can do. It's a start anyway.... I'm a single mom raising 2 boys and I've come to realize that I've got a responsibility to toughen up and be the parent and teach them basic things like how to clean their room, take the trash out etc. By my doing everything for them really isn't doing them any favors in the long term if I'm quietly teaching them how to get everyone else to do their work for them.

[Higginsis]

Dr Peterson,

I felt compelled to write this comment to thank you. You came to my attention, like many others, through your free speech battles, but this series and your other philosophical work has given me profound insight into my psyche and given me tools and ideas to work on for my own betterment.

While I'm grateful for this, what I really grateful for is giving me the framework to help someone else, someone who I care very deeply about and love very much, my partner. She has suffered with depression since she was in her mid teens and had a quite turbulent child hood. In the past when she would have a bad time or hit a low point I could be there for her as at best a comfort, which of course has value, but thanks to the lessons I have learned from your lectures I have been able to talk to her about her feelings. We did what you advocate and spoke the truth and see what happened.

What happened was we had an intense but deeply gratifying conversation. One that didn't just sooth her, but one I think will help her grow, and in that process I felt I have grown and our relationship has become stronger.

She will be seeing a counsellor soon but I walked her through the big 5 attributes and suggested some actions from the past authoring suite and she took to the ideas really well. She has a lot of baggage from her past, so facing these will be tough, but she saw the value in doing it.

So I wanted to thank you for giving me the tools to sort myself out, but also help my partner sort herself out.

[whatcameofgrace]

Doc P's lectures are the easiest lecture to want to listen to because everything he says is absolutely fascinating and useful to know!!
Thank you for making these free to us!

Three cheers for the People's Professor!

Let him that has ears let him hear!

[jamesweigel]

The amount of content packed into this 49min is unparalleled. True life advice