Personality Psychology
This is home base for the course. Everything lives here: readings, slides, videos, flashcards, practice activities, and more as the semester unfolds.
There is no textbook. The readings are built to be read in short sittings, with built-in self-checks and AI prompts. No statistics background needed.
Readings
- What is Personality Science
- How Personality Research Works
- Structure of Personality
- Measuring Personality
- Personality and Situations
- Stability and Change of Personality
- Evolution and Personality
- Genes and Environment
- Physiology and Personality
- Unconscious Processes
Reference
- Key Terms: every important word in the course, with simple definitions and examples.
How to Use This Site
Three habits that actually work
- Work in short sittings. Each section of a reading takes about 10 minutes.
- Do the Check Yourself questions before moving on. If you cannot answer, re-read. That feeling is the signal.
- Use the Suggested AI Interactions. Let AI quiz you and explain things differently. Do not let it think for you.
Set Up Obsidian Once
Recommended community plugins
These run in your own Obsidian vault. They make the readings more useful.
- Dataview: powers the Key Terms page. Turn this on first.
- Spaced Repetition: turns the flashcards at the bottom of each reading into a daily review system. This is the single best tool for actually remembering the material.
- Excalidraw: for sketching your own concept maps and diagrams from memory.
Key terms are wiki-linked throughout the readings. Hover any linked term to preview its definition without losing your place.
This site grows all semester. Check back often.