THE VIDEO SHELF · personality psychology
2017 Personality 18: Biology & Traits: Openness/Intelligence/Creativity I
A Jordan Peterson university lecture on the Big Five trait openness to experience, covering creativity and intelligence. It explains how IQ is measured, how well it predicts life success, and the Pareto distribution of creative output.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a solid introduction to personality and IQ research, and cited as the source for factor-analysis claims about personality and intelligence.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Jordan B Peterson
- Topic
- personality psychology
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2025
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From the original HN conversations
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This is just a clip from the full lecture here: [VIDEO] If you like the clip, watch the whole thing. It's great.
sho on Hacker News · 2017-04
In IQ and the Job Market (Jordan Peterson) [video]Let's hear it from a psychologist: "If you don’t buy IQ research, you might as well throw out all the rest of psychology." (Jordan Peterson) [VIDEO] For anybody interested in personality research, I warmly recommend this lecture series, by the way. These are the basics, …
mudita on Hacker News · 2021-02
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