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Personality Psychology Links by Subtopic

Listed below are links related to personality theory and research, personality assessment, online personality tests, intelligence testing, and more. The following table shows a detailed outline of topics.

Table of Contents (click on a category of interest)

Personality Theory and Research:

		General Resources
		Historical Figures:
			Sigmund Freud
			Carl Gustav Jung
			Other Theorists

Personality Assessment:

		Personality Measurement and Testing
		Online Personality Tests

Intelligence:

		Intelligence Testing
		The Bell Curve Controversy
		Emotional Intelligence

Professional Organizations

Research Journals

Personality Theory and Research

General Resources:

The Personality Project (links related to personality theory and research)
World Conference on Personality (Personality Psychology Foundation)
Great Ideas in Personality (focuses on scientific research programs)
Personality Pedagogy (a Wiki of teaching resources)
Personality and Consciousness (covers historical figures and theorists)
Personality Theories (an electronic textbook)
Personality Psychology (a systems framework approach)

Historical Figures:

Sigmund Freud:
- Freud Museum (London, England)
- Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna, Austria)
- Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture (U.S. Library of Congress)
Carl Gustav Jung:
Other Theorists:
- George Kelly (developed Personal Construct Psychology)
- Alfred Adler (developed Adlerian Psychology)
- Carl Rogers (developed a humanistic theory of personality)

Personality Assessment

Personality Measurement and Testing:

Finding Information About Psychological Tests (from the APA)
ETS TestLink (world's largest test collection database)
Personality: Character and Temperament
Profiles of the 16 Myers-Briggs Personality Types
Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
Psychometrics Canada (large test development and publishing company)

Online Personality Tests:

QueenDom's Test Collection
Temperament Sorter (similar to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)
Performance Assessment Network (e-testing for professionals)
AllTheTests.com (searchable database and directory)
Two-Minute Personality Test (a picture's worth a thousand words...)
Values and Lifestyles: Type Yourself (from SRI Consulting)

Intelligence

Intelligence Testing:

Intelligence Theory and Testing (includes historical information)
The Knowns and Unknowns of Intelligence (APA Task Force)
Self Discovery Workshop IQ Test (IQ test and searchable database)
Test Your IQ (takes 45 minutes to complete)
Mensa International (a group open only to people with high IQs)

The Bell Curve Controversy:

The Bell Curve and IQ Controversy (links to readings and transcripts)
A Conversation With Charles Murray (coauthor of The Bell Curve)
Two Views of The Bell Curve (from Contemporary Psychology)
Interview with Robert Sternberg on The Bell Curve (Skeptic magazine)

Emotional Intelligence:

EQ Directory (links to web sites, organizations, and other resources)
Emotional IQ (discusses the Multifactor Emotional Intelligence Scale)
Test Your Emotional IQ (5-10 minute online test)
Online Emotional Intelligence Tests (from AllTheTests.com)
Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations
Emotional Intelligence Information (research and measurement)

Professional Organizations

Research Journals

European Journal of Personality (EAPP journal)
Individual Differences Research
Journal of Individual Differences
Journal of Personality
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (APA journal)
Journal of Personality Assessment (SPA journal)
Journal of Research in Personality (ARP journal)
Personality and Individual Differences (ISSID journal)
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (SPSP journal)
Personality and Social Psychology Review (SPSP journal)
Psychological Assessment (APA journal)

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