Personality Tests: Sense and Nonsense

Date

Location

Blauwe Zaal, Auditorium

Organizer

Studium Generale TU/e

Fee

Free

Personality tests are everywhere. From career advice and hiring procedures to team-building sessions and dating apps, they promise to tell us who we really are. But how meaningful are these tests? And how much can they actually reveal about our personality? Personality researcher Manon van Scheppingen will take a closer look at the promises and pitfalls of personality testing. Drawing on scientific research, she’ll challenge the idea of personality as something static and fixed.

 

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