Planet Personality aims to promote personality psychology through the internet by providing self-assessment tools that allow individuals to come to a better understanding of themselves.
We provide background information with regards to origins, development, and purpose of various personality assessment tools.
We also aim to provide accurate, concise, and scientifically valid interpretations of personality assessments in manner which is accessible to the widest audience possible.
The answer is twofold. The researchers at Planet Personality believe that personality is best understood when we assess all aspects of the self. This means coming to understand a person's motives, interests, stylistic behavior, and how they perceive their life story. In this sense, we offer a "global perspective" on the nature of the individual.
Planet Personality also aims to make the field of personality psychology accessible to the entire world. Currently, there are between 200-300 active researchers in our field almost all of whom live in North America. By offering translated materials online, we hope to encourage research activity and promote self-understanding worldwide.
We aim to promote international research and collaboration through this site. Fellow personality researchers are welcome to submit research proposals for both new research projects as well as requesting already collected data for their own analyses.
Updates
Welcome to Planet Personality! We hope that you will find visits to be an informative, interesting, and enriching experience. We aim to provide the most current tools for personality assessment available free on the internet. Unlike other personality-testing websites, ours is designed and run by experienced research psychologists. Our mission is to share our knowledge with the world.
Please note: We are currently in the process of putting surveys online. Bear with us as we work to make them available.
September, 2007
We would like to thank everyone for their occasional visits to our site. We have been focusing on our dissertations and finding jobs, so the site has not been a top priority. We hope to change that in the future. Peter is beginning a post doc at the Gallup Leadership Institute at the University of Nebraska. Brad is currently applying for a variety of jobs in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior. We will udpate new theory, scales, and feedback as the site develops.
December, 2006
Clearly it has been a little while since we have added new content or updated our website. This is not due to a lack of interest but more due to conflicting priorities. Specifically working on dissertations and alll that accompanies that point in an academic career. However, in the months to come we intend to update the look of the site, add more scales and content, post occasional personality blogs, and generally make it more user friendly.