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The ways people express themselves in everyday language is consistent across time and context. These linguistic fingerprints are most visible in people's use of function words (e.g. pronouns, prepositions) rather than in the content of their speech. Multiple studies point to the power of text analysis in the assessment of personality and in the prediction of important social, emotional, and cognitive behaviors in people's lives. Self-reports certainly have their role but it's time to expand our thinking.
Language as Personality (1 CE)
SPA E-Learning Center | Convention Keynotes
Featured Speaker for the 2023 SPA Convention
James Pennebaker | University of Texas at Austin
Goals and Objectives
- Describe the distinction between content and function words and their links to personality.
- Describe the psychometric property of words and correlations with social and personality processes.
- Describe ways of moving beyond traditionalist self-report models of personality.
Non-Member Price:
$109
Member Price:
$49