Foundations of Psychology · Foundations
Personality
The science of individual differences: the Big Five (OCEAN), how traits are measured, heritability, how personality changes with age, what it predicts (from grades to health), and why the Big Five beats MBTI.
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Prereqs: What psychology studies. Next: Development across life; Evolutionary psychology. Sources: McCrae & Costa, five-factor model; Roberts et al. on personality change (Psychological Bulletin, 2006); Bouchard twin studies; Sprouts.Next: 1. The Big Five