Colin DeYoung on the Strengths and Weaknesses of Traditional Personality Typology and Its Neurobiological Research
Colin DeYoung, faculty, discusses the thriving neurobiological area of research on personalities in a BBC article. DeYoung comments that there are neurobiological parallels to traditional typologies, but he also challenges them, arguing that the tests rely on clear categorical and arbitrary cut-offs, which do not exist in the nature of personality. However, he notes that these categories can still be useful in providing a summary of the different dimensions that exist in personality.
Colin DeYoung, PhD, Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota. He is directing the DeYoung Personality Lab.
Composed by Madison Stromberg, communications assistant.
