Development, Personality & Psychological Disorders

Some Foundation/Background:

• Crash Course #22: Measuring Personality
• Crash Course #28: Psychological Disorders
• Crash Course #34: Personality Disorders

 

• “The Coddling of the American Mind” (Are We Overprotecting Our Students?)

Potpourri of Personality:

• Myers Briggs Personality Test
  • Things to Know About Myers Briggs
• Personality Traits Matched to Professions via Social Media
• Multiple Intelligences Theory- 8 Types (Related to Cognition & Personality)
• Does Birth Order Really Determine Personality Traits? (TIME)
• Personality Assessment: A Deeper Dive Into Developing Personality Tests (LumenLearning)

Kids these days:

• Piaget Conservation Demonstration (Video 4 mins)
• Piaget’s 4 Stages Of Cognitive Development (:18 mins YouTube)

And…. Where Might This Take Us?

• Introverts & Extroverts: What They Mean & Why It Matters
• In Defense of Extroverts (TedTalk)
• The Power of Introverts (Ted Talk)

And What About Our Boys? See this “RAISING BOYS” series from The Washington Post:

• Raising Boys @ 8
• Raising Boys @ 11-12
• Raising Boys @ 17
• Raising Boys With a Broader Definition of Masculinity
• APA New Guidelines: “Masculine Ideology”
• The Lonely American Man (NPR- “Hidden Brain” podcast)
• The Miseducation of the American Boy – Toxic Masulinity & the Brokenness of Boyhood (The Atlantic Jan 2020)
• Why Boys Are More At Risk of Falling Behind During Remote Learning
• Why Men Are Disappearing On Campus (WSJ- Opinion/Commentary)
• Why I Let My Teens Watch Ted Lasso, Profanity & All (Wapo- Opinion/Commentary)

“The Mask You Live In” Film:

• The Film Page – The Representation Project
• Film Trailer (3 mins)
• The Mask You Live In – Some Reflective Questions

“Three Identical Strangers” Film:

• Three Identical Strangers (Trailer)

 

MORE/MISC:

• What Is Impostor Syndrome? Michelle Obama Says She Has It
• Genetic Model Offers Insights into Bipolar Disorder
• The Truth About People Who Have “No Personality” – They Keep Opinions To Themselves
• Birth Order May Not Shape Personality After All
• “Snow Plow” Parents Rob Children of Adulthood
• “I Used to Think I Wasn’t Like Others Girls.” Here’s Why That’s So Wrong.
• Friendship is Crucial to the Adolescent Brain – The Outsize Influence of Your Middle School Friends (The Atlantic)
• Different Cultures Define Happiness Differently (Atlantic 2021)
• Be More Likable: Follow the Rule of 3 Questions (Harvard – INC)