Personality and its Transformations

this is a lecture series that ive been watching and i find myself wanting to post different videos from it across a wide range of the topics going on here at the temple - so - rather than pell melling bits and pieces of the series all over the place, which i imagine would be both disorganized and irritating, i would like to share them all in one thread and then whoever is interested can watch

the series is is called Personality and its Transformations and its from a class by Jordan Peterson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peterson

from his website http://jordanbpeterson.com/

It was issues of personality and its transformations that thrust psychology into the forefront of popular consciousness during the twentieth century. Psy230S addresses these intensely interesting topics.

The first half of the course deals with classic issues of psychology. The psychoanalytic thinkers -- Freud, Jung and Adler -- are placed in a context of pre-experimental religious and ritual thought, devoted to the transformation of habit and interpretive schema. The existentialists, phenomenologists, and humanists -- concerned with the relationship between the individual, meaning and health -- are discussed from the perspective of philosophy and political science. The constructivists are dealt with from a viewpoint that is simultaneously developmental and ontological.

The second half of the course deals with issues of modern experimental psychology, from a more biological standpoint. Issues of motivation and information-processing are considered from within a standpoint that is essentially cybernetic: how do human beings operate in the world? What are their goals, their ends and means? What role do emotions and fundamental motivational states play in adaptation to the environment? How might personality traits and disorders be understood, from within such a framework?

theyre all just over an hour and imo they are absolutely awesome and very relevant to everyone

if anyone wants to discuss a video in particular just go for it even if the thread has moved passed it - if its interesting then jump in

i hope others enjoy these as much as i have

heres the first two videos

Introductions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0xBOMWJkgM


Mythological Representations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owgc63KhcL8

Personality and its Transformations 3 Heroic and Shamanic Initiations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEZVWWk6qHg

Heroic and Shamanic Initiations pt 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9393El2Z1I

Personality & Its Transformations 5
Jean Piaget (Constructivism)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91jWsB7ZYHw

he mentions this thing in one of the previous videos and i had not heard of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TXOHAVuS5Q

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA

Personality and its Transformations 6
Carl Jung I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r8ISkQ4exM

liberals start companies and conservatives run them

conservatives are afraid of fun and sex (but not war)

neurotic babies are afraid of spoons

liberal males are neurotic babies

stepping on a dog bone is stressful

too much of a good thing is a bad thing

human consciousness is older than the human brain
(but theres a hippo camp in there somewhere)

"evil" was not a permitted adjective in the statistical study of personality development

washing your hands too much will turn you into a genocidal fascist

85% of men are not allowed to mate

equality means to date the next person who asks you out no matter how attractive or smart they are (or are not)

women like dominant billionaire vampires (DUH - like i needed a college professor to tell me THAT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt90JwDHh-Y

he talks about "the big five" personality traits a lot

http://psychology.about.com/od/personalitydevelopment/a/bigfive.htm

from wikipedia
A summary of the factors of the Big Five and their constituent traits, such that they form the acronym OCEAN:[4]

Openness to experience: (inventive/curious vs. consistent/cautious). Appreciation for art, emotion, adventure, unusual ideas, curiosity, and variety of experience. Openness reflects the degree of intellectual curiosity, creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has. It is also described as the extent to which a person is imaginative or independent, and depicts a personal preference for a variety of activities over a strict routine. Some disagreement remains about how to interpret the openness factor, which is sometimes called "intellect" rather than openness to experience.

Conscientiousness: (efficient/organized vs. easy-going/careless). A tendency to be organized and dependable, show self-discipline, act dutifully, aim for achievement, and prefer planned rather than spontaneous behavior.

Extraversion: (outgoing/energetic vs. solitary/reserved). Energy, positive emotions, surgency, assertiveness, sociability and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others, and talkativeness.

Agreeableness: (friendly/compassionate vs. analytical/detached). A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than suspicious and antagonistic towards others. It is also a measure of one's trusting and helpful nature, and whether a person is generally well tempered or not.

Neuroticism: (sensitive/nervous vs. secure/confident). The tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily, such as anger, anxiety, depression, and vulnerability. Neuroticism also refers to the degree of emotional stability and impulse control and is sometimes referred to by its low pole, "emotional stability".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits

jung 2

the individual psyche as a relatively loose collection of partially integrated personalities, each with its own perspective

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFHZyse4VGw

Freud 1 and 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zji6xMkOgo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A07DV3FXyPo