2017 Personality 01: Introduction
What it is
The opening lecture of Jordan Peterson's 2017 University of Toronto personality course. He defines personality from historical, constructivist, psychoanalytic, behavioral and neuropsychological angles.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as part of a long lecture series on psychology, complementing biology lectures, and named when HN asks for the best lecture series.
- 3 people recommended it
- 3 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2019, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“I can recommend over 120 hours of learning in the following (which I've watched and digested)”
Part of 120 hours of lectures the commenter watched and digested
kleer001, 2019-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Why the Hate?”
“Jordan Peterson's has lectures on Personality”
Psychology perspective on personality, complementing biology lectures
mrdoops, 2019-09 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How do you keep your programming motivation up?”
“the original Personality Lectures (2017) of Jordan Peterson are really great.”
Great original 2017 Personality lectures
lysecret, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's the best lecture series you've ever seen?”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: personality, psychology, university lecture, jordan peterson, psychoanalysis
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