Personality Project

Course Syllabi

• Individual Differences (no longer available) from Colin Cooper, Queens University, Belfast.
• Personality and Psychometrics from Derek Roger, York University.
• Personality Theory by George Boeree of Shippensburg University includes a very thorough online set of personality readings.
• Personality Theory from John Johnson, Pennsylvania State University.
• Foundations of Personality By Douglas A. Davis, Haverford College is a true "hyper syllabus".
• Personality Assessment By Douglas A. Davis, Haverford College.
• Great ideas in personality by Scott Acton, University of California, San Francisco.
• Personality Theory by Lisabeth Roemr, U. Mass, Boston
• Personality, Motivation, and Cognition by William Revelle, Northwestern University
• Tests and Individual Differences by T.B. Rogers, University of Calgary
• Mathematical Skills for Social Scientists has some helpful links to readings. Niels Waller, Vanderbilt University.
• Psychological Assessment by Michael Gurtman, University of Wisconsin
• Personality, Biology & Society: A Resource Manual of Quotations about the Psychology of Individual and Group Differences, while not technically a course syllabus is an important teaching resource. Chris Brand, formerly of the University of Edinburgh.
• Personality Research from William Revelle, Northwestern University
• Psychometric Theory from William Revelle, Northwestern University.
• Introduction to Statistics in Psychological Research from Gary McClelland, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Graduate Statistics for Psychologists from Gary McClelland, University of Colorado
• See syllabi for other psychology courses at the World Lecture Hall at the University of Texas.
• An index to various pages devoted to statistics.

In addition to these specific course syllabi, there are a number of websites that provide information of particular use to personality researchers:

IDANET Individual Differences and Assessment Network is "a mailbase administered network for students, academic researchers and professionals involved in the definition, theory, and measurement of individual differences. The net members are drawn from the areas of experimental, clinical, and educational research, encompassing fields as diverse as psychophysiological assessment, psychometrics, personality theory and measurement, and cognitive ability. The range of specialisations encompassed within individual differences research provides for a rather wider content area than most other nets. However, that is why individual differences research remains so interesting."

• The Guide to Social Psychology Laboratories maintained by Eliot Smith at Purdue includes a set of Cognitive-Social Reprints from a number of different researchers.
• The Social Psychology Network maintained by Scott Plous at Wesleyan University is a very complete set of readings and links primarily for social psychologists. See particularly the list of research tools including search engines, lists of software and other reference works.
• Neuropsychology Central offers links to resources for neuropsych assessment, brain imaging, medical and research laboratories dedicated to neuropsychological theory and practice.
• A list of psychophysiological laboratories is maintained by the University of Southern California.
• The Geneva Emotion Research Group has useful links and information about personality and emotion research.
• MedWeb: Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychology an extensive list of psychology related resources for mental health professionals.
• A simple brain map. shows basic brain structure and links for those concerned with the effects of brain injury.
• Assessment & Evaluation on the Internet -- ERIC clearing house Internet resources of particular interest to the assessment community. Gopher sites, web sites, and listservs are identified and discussed.
• Statistical information is available from A Guide to Statistical Computing Resources on the Internet or Statistics on the Web
• Computer programs for Macintosh for data collection and analysis are available from the Society for Computers in Psychology archives at St. Olaf's college.
• Information about how to prepare effective visual presentations is available from Standford University.
• A searchable index of shareware for statistical analyses and other applications is maintained by the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.
• An ongoing e-seminar on Signalling Theory and Animal Communication is relevant to those interested in animal models in the study of evolutionary systems and sexual selection.
• Personal Construct Psychology and the Personal Construct Research Group offer applications of George Kelly's Repertory Grid Test technique which may be applied to organize knowledge structures about people as well as situations.