Personality Research
The University of Minnesota has played a vital role in advancing personality research for the last 60 years beginning with professors Hathaway, McKinley, Meehl, and Lindzey. In addition, Minnesota Ph.D.s have been among the most distinguished personality psychologists, including Prof. Auke Tellegen (winner of the 2001 Jack Block award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology) and Prof. David Watson (the first president of the newly formed Association for Research in Personality); as well, Minnesota trained personality psychologists (e.g., Steve Gangestad, Jeff Simpson, Neils Waller) who have served as editors of the premier scientific journals in the discipline. Personality research focuses on personality theory and measurement, the identification of basic personality dimensions, the delineation of personality processes, their behavioral correlates, and genetic and environmental antecedents. Four key elements of the personality program are: (i) objective personality assessment, as exemplified by Butcher's work on the MMPI, Tellegen's on the MPQ, and Snyder’s Self-Monitoring Scale; (ii) development and use of sophisticated quantitative methods (e.g., Tellegen, Krueger, Oishi, Snyder); (iii) investigation of individual differences across levels of analysis, including genetic (e.g., Krueger, Tellegen), neurophysiological (e.g., Patrick), psychological/personological (e.g., Butcher, Krueger, Leon, Snyder, Tellegen), and social-cultural (e.g., Butcher, Leon, Snyder); and (iv) application to practical areas such as psychopathology, adjustment, and individual and social functioning (e.g., Butcher, Tellegen, Krueger, Leon, Patrick, Snyder) Courses cover psychological measurement, cross-cultural research, affective processes and temperament, human motivation, personality and social behavior, and psychophysiology among others. The program prepares you for an academic and research career rather than clinical or applied work.
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