Why You Are Who You Are: Investigations into Human Personality

What Is Personality? (1x1)

Air date: Dec 29, 2017

In this introductory lecture, ground your understanding of personality in the concept of “proportion-of-variability,” which tells us how strongly related a particular personality characteristic is to behaviors, emotions, or other characteristics. As an example, you’ll consider a case study of the causes of delinquent behavior in teenage boys.