Welcome to PSYC 2130

Personality Psychology
Instructor

California

Max Barranti
UC Riverside
Call me “Max”
Instructor

California

Max Barranti
Wake Forest
Instructor

California
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Max Barranti
University of Toronto
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Instructor

Morality

Self-knowledge Accuracy
Course Expectations

Office Hours Email Policy Textbook

Lecture Style Grades

Office Hours Max
Times: Wednesdays 9-10:30am
Thursdays 4-5pm
Appointment
Location: BSB 324

Teaching Assistants

Alan Kian Joshua Doidge

TBD
Email Policy

Email: barranti@yorku.ca

Must include: “PSYC 2130” in the subject

Expect a reply within 36 hours

Textbook

The Personality Puzzle

Recommended (i.e., not required)

Rent or buy used!

Lecture Style

Please ask questions

Slides are sparse

Bring your laptop

Grades

10% 10%

Article Evaluations Course reflection

80%

Tests
Article Evaluations

Five submissions Non-academic sources

1/2 Page
Article Evaluations

1/2 Page (single spaced)

Summary
Men who have seen porn in the last year are
more tolerant of women holding positions of
power and working outside of the home.
Article Evaluations

Article mentions a scholarly source

This article cites a peer reviewed article in the journal of sex
research
How the claim was tested
Claim comes from data on 28,000 Canadians
Watched X-rated video in past year and attitudes about women
All “S” type data (self reported)
Article Evaluations

Plausibility
This claim seems plausible

What about religiosity and conservatism?

Unlikely causal because… no mechanism was identified

Article Evaluations

Short summary Writing Style

Connections to course content No justification

Anecdotes
Tests

Test I Test II
October 7thth November 18th

~1/2 Multiple Choice

~1/2 Short Answer
Final Exam Cumulative
TBD
How to succeed

r = .44

Attend Lecture Visit office hours

77% Chance!!!!
 Course Objectives

Describe Personality Science Findings Identify Personality Science

Test Personality Ideas

The Goal of Personality Psychology

Thoughts Feelings

Whole Persons

Behaviors
The Goal of Personality Psychology

Approach
Whole Persons
Many Approaches

Trait

Biological

Learning & Cognitive Psychodynamic

False Dichotomies

VS
Nature Nurture
False Dichotomies

&
Nature Nurture

Grand Unifying Theory of Personality

Personality Psychology

Individual Differences
The Goal of Personality Psychology

Thoughts Feelings

Whole Persons

Behaviors
Career Paths

Academia Industry

Professor Researcher Data Analysist Consultant

Next week

Replicability, Effect Sizes, Ethics