An 8-module personality course taught by renowned psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, aimed at helping you understand yourself and others based on the “Big Five” model of personality.
Over 20,000 students have joined the course, with an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5.
This five-hour, densely-packed course features a combination of theory and narrative, covering the breadth of a full-length university course taught by Dr. Peterson.
Access to Dr. Peterson’s scientifically-backed personality assessment will allow you to have a more personalized and relevant experience with the course material. Or, you can gift it to a friend!
The lectures will be accompanied by written summaries with key takeaways, as well as references, additional reading material and full time-stamped transcripts available to facilitate learning.
An exclusive community for members to discuss the lectures and the topic of personality.
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist and the author of the multi-million copy bestseller 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, the #1 nonfiction book of 2018 in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. It has been published in over 50 languages and has received worldwide acclaim.
“The most influential public intellectual in the western world right now.”
Every day, you have to interact with yourself as well as other people in your family, work, and romantic relationships. Each of them has a unique personality.
People are different, and it can be challenging to understand other perspectives because you see the world through the lens of your own particular personality.
Although personality differences can be frustrating, they are important. Each personality type is evolved to solve a different kind of problem. Humans cooperate in societies by solving many kinds of problems together, through these diverse personality types.
Through this course, you can learn to understand yourself and others better, and to more effectively cooperate with other people.
Anyone who is interested in improving their understanding of themselves or their ability to work with other people will find the information presented in this course incredibly valuable and practical.
This 5-hour, densely-packed course features a balanced combination of theory and narrative. It has been designed for those looking to learn about personality without spending tens of hours on research. It is easy to follow and appropriate for anyone interested in the subject, but it is still intellectually challenging. No prerequisite knowledge is required.
I might not be unique saying this course was extremely useful to me. But still it is so. Every lecture gave a lot of thought, so I would outline just a few examples why I consider this course very helpful.
I always felt that I was an agreeable person, so I was so interested to know that agreeable people are paid less for the same job than disagreeable, which correlated with my experience & thus showed me areas to improve to be able to have more bargaining power the next time.
Lecture on men & women personality differences was an eye opener to me that we are more the same than we are different, which made me feel I can understand women better.
In the end, I would like to say I have deep respect for Jordan Peterson. Moreover I am extremely grateful for his desire to help people, in this case to help people understand themselves and others better. His desire coupled with his talent, deep scientific knowledge, achievements and ability to explain so clearly makes his help so much more efficient. Dominic Sandbrook said about Jordan Peterson that he is ‘a prophet for our times’, which strikes me as highly probable!
Thank you, Jordan Peterson, and God bless you.
I found Dr. Peterson's 'Discovering Personality' course to be very valuable, both in gaining insights into my own personality, behaviours, and relationships and also in understanding some implications of the 'Big Five' personality traits as they operate in the broader society. I found the 'Understand Myself' (Big Five) personality assessment to be very accurate and applicable as I listened to the lectures.
It's helped me to understand some of my relationships with others better, as promised, and will likely continue to provide insights into the future as well.
Having access to lecture notes and full transcripts of the lectures, as well as ongoing access to the videos, means that one can revisit the material for ongoing integration and learning.
The overall experience is mind-blowing. This whole course should be compulsory for all students.
Dr. Peterson's discovering personality course is life changing. I have read, watched many online available materials from Dr. Peterson and the decision to purchase the course is one of my best decisions in 2020. Though topics are very broad, I think Dr. Peterson covered the essence that we can further imagine and realize on our own the personalities of people we are meeting. I feel like I now have a powerful weapon which I can decode not only other people but myself as well. Also Dr. Peterson's vast knowledge, the experience and the examples have answered many of the questions I had regarding my friends and behaviors of people I met. Even now I have a better understanding about other people's political views. I have truly gained new knowledge and I'm very thankful for Dr. Peterson for offering this course to outsiders. I think it's not an exaggeration if I say that this course is the best course to Understanding yourself and others in a very short period of time.
I did find this information highly interesting, helpful, and I also have no doubt it will continue to help me in my quest to attain more psychological information from outside sources, in my career goal of both running a business and becoming a court mediator. After the family courts failed to protect my son, (it was the mediator who made a hasty decision) that has led me to that exact path to make the family courts a better and more knowledgeable system. I do not wish what has happened to us to happen to another mother or little boy. So, I am strongly driven by that, and I am so grateful for all of this information that JP has just taught me. I can't wait to talk about these lectures with my husband and to USE this knowledge to help others! Thank you!.
I thought the course as a whole was extremely beneficial! The fact I now have this for eternity is well-worth the money I spent. Beats every online course I have embarked on previously and is so insightful that I am very grateful for Jordan Peterson.
This course is based on the Big Five Personality Model.
The Big Five personality traits, also known as the five-factor model (FFM), or by the mnemonic “OCEAN”, is a taxonomy for personality traits. Scientists developed the five-factor model following statistical analysis of the language people use to describe other people. They found that personality adjectives tended to clump into five major categories.
The five-factor model emerged from this, and it includes the following traits:
Discover the implicit strengths and weaknesses in your personality and how they can be leveraged to thrive in the world.
Improve your ability to deal with and understand those around you who have different personalities.
Understand how negative emotion relates to personality, how your personality can predispose you to disorders such as depression and anxiety, and what you can do to mitigate it.
Understand the gender differences in personality, and the sociological, political, and economic ramifications of these differences.
Learn valuable insights that can improve many aspects of your life from your work to your personal development, career, relationships and parenthood.
“This course is a toolkit for operating in the world, in your intimate relationships, and in your business relationships. You will find more information here than you would find in the typical full-scale one semester personality course...”
The introductory lecture is an interview with Dr. Peterson discussing the big picture behind the course and its origins. These lectures are the result of years of research, thought, debate, and intellectual refinement. He also speaks about what you will learn in the course and why it is valuable in the present day.
“You spend a tremendous amount of your time engaging with other people. You need to understand what they’re like, and you need to understand what you’re like. People are actually quite different. If you know what the differences are, that means you can cooperate with them better, and compete with them better, and all of that’s positive.”
This lecture introduces the philosophical and psychological underpinnings of personality theory and why you should learn about personality.
Dr. Peterson argues that personalities are evolved solutions to the problem of a highly complex world. Our personalities are the filters of our perception, cognition, and motivation influencing our actions in the world.
This lecture introduces the five-factor model, which will form the basis of the course.
“The concept of grit, for example, is essentially the same as conscientiousness, meaning it doesn’t measure anything you can’t get from conscientiousness. The concept of self-esteem is positive emotion (extraversion) minus negative emotion (neuroticism).”
Learn about the first of the Big Five personality traits: Extraversion. Extraversion is responsible for our positive emotions.
Our positive and negative emotional systems tell us how happy we should be if things are going well and how upset we should be when things are going wrong.
This lecture introduces the personality dimension of neuroticism, which describes a person’s tendency to experience negative emotion.
Dr. Peterson discusses the consequences of excessive negative emotion, how negative emotion manifests in childhood, and strategies for overcoming depression and anxiety.
This lecture is about the personality trait agreeableness. High agreeableness is associated with maternal care, while low agreeableness is linked with competitive behaviour. Is one better than the other?
“There is an obvious language bias that makes it sound like being agreeable is better, but there are pronounced advantages and disadvantages to being at any point on the spectrum.”
In this lecture, you will learn about the gender differences in personality, and the sociological, political, and economic ramifications of these differences.
You’ll also learn about the nature-nurture debate as it pertains to gender differences in personality.
Discover how conscientiousness shapes your life and your career and why it's historically the biggest predictor of modern day success.
Learn why conscientious people are more sensitive to disgust and the fascinating sociopolitical ramifications of this association.
Learn about the role conscientiousness plays in your career and the business world.
Learn about openness to experience, the personality trait related to creativity, curiosity and interest in ideas.
You will also learn about the distribution of IQ, creativity, and openness to experience in the population, and the social implications that follow.
Free Access to the Understand Myself Personality Assessment
This free personality test gives you accurate scores for the Big Five personality traits. See exactly how you score for Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism with this scientific personality assessment.
Lifetime Access to the Online community
Be part of a community of like-minded people who are going through the same journey in life like you. You will be able to interact with them, ask questions and receive support. You’ll make lifelong friends in this group, as you connect with them on the same journey as you.
Transcripts & Lecture Notes of all lessons
You’ll receive complete transcripts of all lectures, so you can revisit each one and multiply the impact of your learnings. And each lecture is summarized in your Lecture Notes, created to help you retain the most important information from Jordan.
Downloadable Audio options for all lessons
You want to listen to Jordan’s lectures while you commute, or go for a walk, or doing any other activity you need, we have you covered. We prepared for you all the lectures in Audio mp4 format, so you can download and listen to them in any place you prefer.
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Understand Myself is a personality assessment for individuals based on the Big Five Model that was designed by Dr. Jordan Peterson, Dr. Daniel Higgins and Dr. Robert O. Pihl. Members of this course will receive a special 50% discount so that they can take the assessment and use it as a foundation for their learning experience in this course.
The Big Five Model is backed by a large body of scientific research, making it the most accepted model of human personality. It is also reliable: the same person tested again will generally score quite similarly to how they scored in the past. Many other models of personality are unreliable in this way.
Over the last 10 years, Dr. Peterson has released most of his content for free on YouTube, including recordings of his university lectures on personality. While this course covers much of the same content, it is condensed and streamlined to help you learn more effectively, saving you hours of independent research. He also augments it with his new findings and experiences from the last few years.
Yes, by enrolling in this course you have lifetime access to all 8 video lectures as well all supporting materials.
If you buy the course and realize that it's not for you, or if you're not interested in the material, please contact us. We'll refund your payment in full, no questions-asked, within 15 days after your purchase.
