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Psychology 5/e Book Cover
Psychology, 5/e
Lester M. Sdorow, Arcadia University
Cheryl A. Rickabaugh, University of Redlands

Personality

Internet Exercises

Psychology Versus Common Sense
Is Personality Consistent from One Situation to Another?

Annenberg/CPB Exhibits

Personality: What Makes Us Who We Are?

  1. How is our reputation created, and how can we change it?
  2. Can we use personality traits to predict behavior? How?
  3. What evidence exists concerning the stability of personality traits?

Thinking Critically About Psychology and the Media
How Effective is Psychological Profiling in Identifying Criminals?

Knowledge Solutions LLC

http://www.corpus-delicti.com

  1. What is Knowledge Solutions?
  2. Look under "FAQs", select "Criminal Profiling as a Career FAQ." What is criminal profiling?
  3. Based on your reading at this site, identify five things you believe everyone should know about criminal profiling.

Anatomy of a Research Study
How Similar are the Personalities of Identical Twins Reared Apart?

University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities

Department of Psychology

Minnesota Twin Family Study

  1. From the article titled "The Minnesota Twin Family Registry: Some Initial Findings," summarize how the registry was established.
  2. From this same article discuss what recruitment bias is, and why is it important.
  3. Why are twins valuable to science?