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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
		Open Access Introductions and Reviews
		SPSP Videos on Personality Psychology
		TED Talks and Other Videos on Personality
		Free Online Courses Related to Personality

Professional Organizations

Research Journals

Personality Assessment:

		Personality Measurement and Testing
		Online Personality Tests

Intelligence:

		Intelligence Testing
		The Bell Curve Controversy
		Emotional Intelligence

Historical Figures:

		Sigmund Freud
		Carl Gustav Jung
		Other Theorists

Personality Theory and Research

General Resources:

The Personality Project (links related to personality theory and research)
Research on Personality Traits (Association for Psychological Science)
Personality (resources from the American Psychological Association)
Personality Types and Personality Traits (from HelpGuide.org)
Personality Pedagogy (a compendium of teaching resources)

Open Access Introductions and Reviews:

Introduction to Personality (OpenOregon Educational Resources)
Personality (personality chapter from free OpenStax e-textbook)
Personality Psychology (literature review from Annual Review of Psychology)
Personality Theories (a free electronic textbook)
Personality Psychology (extensive Wikipedia overview)

SPSP Videos on Personality Psychology:

Introduction to Personality Psychology (5 minutes)
Personality Across Cultures (8 minutes)
Personality and Health (7 minutes)
Personality Research Methods (9 minutes)
Personality Assessment and Judgment (7 minutes)
Personality of Place (7 minutes)

TED Talks and Other Videos on Personality:

Who Are You, Really? The Puzzle of Personality (15 minutes)
Do Gut Microbes Control Your Personality? (10 minutes)
The Power of Introverts (19 minutes)
The Psychology of Narcissism (5 minutes)

Free Online Courses Related to Personality:

Introduction to Psychology of Personality (edX)
Leading with Power Skills: Working With Personality Types (Coursera)
Let's Get Personal: Working With Personality Type (edX)
Personality in Action: Science to Shape Your Life (Coursera)
Personality Types at Work (Coursera)
Psychology: Personality (edX)
The Psychology of Thrill Seekers (Coursera)

Professional Organizations

Research Journals

European Journal of Personality (EAPP journal)
International Journal of Personality Psychology (WAPP journal)
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)
Learning and Individual Differences
Personality and Individual Differences (ISSID journal)
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (SPSP journal)
Personality and Social Psychology Review (SPSP journal)
Personality and Social Psychology Science (SPSP journal)
Psychological Assessment (APA journal)

Personality Assessment

Personality Measurement and Testing:

Finding Information About Psychological Tests (American Psychological Association)
ETS Test Collection (world's largest repository of standardized tests)
Personality: Character and Temperament (Keirsey.com)
Buros Center for Testing (independent nonprofit organization)
Myers & Briggs Foundation (promoting the understanding of psychological type)
Psychometrics Canada (provides assessment tools and consulting)

Online Personality Tests:

Personality Tests (extensive directory of tests from Psychology Today)
PersonalityAssessor.com (free online tests with immediate feedback)
Open-Source Psychometrics Project (mix of educational and entertaining tests)
QueenDom’s Test Collection (scientifically validated tests and quizzes)
AllTheTests.com (searchable database and directory)
Free Personality Tests and Career Assessments (from Truity)

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)

Historical Figures

Sigmund Freud:

Freud Museum (London, England)
Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna, Austria)
Sigmund Freud (Wikipedia biography)
Sigmund Freud Chronology: 1856-1939 (U.S. Library of Congress)
10 Things You May Not Know About Sigmund Freud (History.com)

Carl Gustav Jung:

The C.G. Jung Page (resources for Jungians around the world)
12 Jungian Archetypes (from PositivePsychology.com)
International Association for Analytical Psychology (promoting the work of C. G. Jung)
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves" (video)

Other Theorists:

George Kelly (developed Personal Construct Psychology)
Alfred Adler (developed Adlerian Psychology)
Carl Rogers (developed a humanistic theory of personality)

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