Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > The Personality Panorama

Electronic data

  • 2020-03-14 - EJP-19-2868.R2_Proof_hi

    Rights statement: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Boyd, R. L., Pasca, P., and Lanning, K. ( 2020) The Personality Panorama: Conceptualizing Personality Through Big Behavioural Data. Eur. J. Pers., https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2254 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/per.2254 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.

    Accepted author manuscript, 315 KB, PDF document

    Available under license: CC BY-NC: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Links

Text available via DOI:

View graph of relations

The Personality Panorama: Conceptualizing Personality Through Big Behavioural Data

Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

Published

Standard

The Personality Panorama: Conceptualizing Personality Through Big Behavioural Data. / Boyd, Ryan; Pasca, Paola; Lanning, Kevin.
In: European Journal of Personality, Vol. 34, No. 5, 01.09.2020, p. 599-612.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

Harvard

Boyd, R, Pasca, P & Lanning, K 2020, 'The Personality Panorama: Conceptualizing Personality Through Big Behavioural Data', European Journal of Personality, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 599-612. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2254

APA

Boyd, R., Pasca, P., & Lanning, K. (2020). The Personality Panorama: Conceptualizing Personality Through Big Behavioural Data. European Journal of Personality, 34(5), 599-612. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2254

Vancouver

Boyd R, Pasca P, Lanning K. The Personality Panorama: Conceptualizing Personality Through Big Behavioural Data. European Journal of Personality. 2020 Sept 1;34(5):599-612. Epub 2020 Apr 13. doi: 10.1002/per.2254

Author

Boyd, Ryan ; Pasca, Paola ; Lanning, Kevin. / The Personality Panorama : Conceptualizing Personality Through Big Behavioural Data. In: European Journal of Personality. 2020 ; Vol. 34, No. 5. pp. 599-612.

Bibtex

@article{2ec75be19b0f48e5a2c1ab56f1394641,
title = "The Personality Panorama: Conceptualizing Personality Through Big Behavioural Data",
abstract = "Personality psychology has long been grounded in data typologies, particularly in the delineation of behavioural, life outcome, informant-report, and self-report sources of data from one another. Such data typologies are becoming obsolete in the face of new methods, technologies, and data philosophies. In this article, we discuss personality psychology's historical thinking about data, modern data theory's place in personality psychology, and several qualities of big data that urge a rethinking of personality itself. We call for a move away from self-report questionnaires and a reprioritization of the study of behaviour within personality science. With big data and behavioural assessment, we have the potential to witness the confluence of situated, seamlessly interacting psychological processes, forming an inclusive, dynamic, multiangle view of personality. However, big behavioural data come hand in hand with important ethical considerations, and our emerging ability to create a {\textquoteleft}personality panopticon{\textquoteright} requires careful and thoughtful navigation. For our research to improve and thrive in partnership with new technologies, we must not only wield our new tools thoughtfully, but humanely. Through discourse and collaboration with other disciplines and the general public, we can foster mutual growth and ensure that humanity's burgeoning technological capabilities serve, rather than control, the public interest.",
keywords = "big data, personality, psychometrics, behaviour, ethics",
author = "Ryan Boyd and Paola Pasca and Kevin Lanning",
note = "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Boyd, R. L., Pasca, P., and Lanning, K. ( 2020) The Personality Panorama: Conceptualizing Personality Through Big Behavioural Data. Eur. J. Pers., https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2254 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/per.2254 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving. ",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1002/per.2254",
language = "English",
volume = "34",
pages = "599--612",
journal = "European Journal of Personality",
issn = "0890-2070",
publisher = "Wiley",
number = "5",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Personality Panorama

T2 - Conceptualizing Personality Through Big Behavioural Data

AU - Boyd, Ryan

AU - Pasca, Paola

AU - Lanning, Kevin

N1 - This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Boyd, R. L., Pasca, P., and Lanning, K. ( 2020) The Personality Panorama: Conceptualizing Personality Through Big Behavioural Data. Eur. J. Pers., https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2254 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/per.2254 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.

PY - 2020/9/1

Y1 - 2020/9/1

N2 - Personality psychology has long been grounded in data typologies, particularly in the delineation of behavioural, life outcome, informant-report, and self-report sources of data from one another. Such data typologies are becoming obsolete in the face of new methods, technologies, and data philosophies. In this article, we discuss personality psychology's historical thinking about data, modern data theory's place in personality psychology, and several qualities of big data that urge a rethinking of personality itself. We call for a move away from self-report questionnaires and a reprioritization of the study of behaviour within personality science. With big data and behavioural assessment, we have the potential to witness the confluence of situated, seamlessly interacting psychological processes, forming an inclusive, dynamic, multiangle view of personality. However, big behavioural data come hand in hand with important ethical considerations, and our emerging ability to create a ‘personality panopticon’ requires careful and thoughtful navigation. For our research to improve and thrive in partnership with new technologies, we must not only wield our new tools thoughtfully, but humanely. Through discourse and collaboration with other disciplines and the general public, we can foster mutual growth and ensure that humanity's burgeoning technological capabilities serve, rather than control, the public interest.

AB - Personality psychology has long been grounded in data typologies, particularly in the delineation of behavioural, life outcome, informant-report, and self-report sources of data from one another. Such data typologies are becoming obsolete in the face of new methods, technologies, and data philosophies. In this article, we discuss personality psychology's historical thinking about data, modern data theory's place in personality psychology, and several qualities of big data that urge a rethinking of personality itself. We call for a move away from self-report questionnaires and a reprioritization of the study of behaviour within personality science. With big data and behavioural assessment, we have the potential to witness the confluence of situated, seamlessly interacting psychological processes, forming an inclusive, dynamic, multiangle view of personality. However, big behavioural data come hand in hand with important ethical considerations, and our emerging ability to create a ‘personality panopticon’ requires careful and thoughtful navigation. For our research to improve and thrive in partnership with new technologies, we must not only wield our new tools thoughtfully, but humanely. Through discourse and collaboration with other disciplines and the general public, we can foster mutual growth and ensure that humanity's burgeoning technological capabilities serve, rather than control, the public interest.

KW - big data

KW - personality

KW - psychometrics

KW - behaviour

KW - ethics

U2 - 10.1002/per.2254

DO - 10.1002/per.2254

M3 - Journal article

VL - 34

SP - 599

EP - 612

JO - European Journal of Personality

JF - European Journal of Personality

SN - 0890-2070

IS - 5

ER -