Oliver John

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Oliver P. John
Born (1959-02-09) February 9, 1959 (age 66)
NationalityGerman
Alma mater University of Oregon
Known for Big Five personality traits
Awards2017 Block Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology [1]
Scientific career
Fields Personality psychology
Institutions University of California, Berkeley
Thesis Direction and type of causal explanations in trait hierarchies  (1986)
Doctoral advisor Lewis R. Goldberg

Oliver Peter Martin John (born February 9, 1959) is an American personality psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is known for co-developing the 1998 Big Five Inventory. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Congratulations to Oliver John on receiving the Society for Personality and Social Psychology's 2017 Block Award!". UC Psych. Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  2. ↑ Goldhill, Olivia (2018-02-11). "We took the world's most scientific personality test—and discovered unexpectedly sexist results". Quartz. Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  3. ↑ Wu, Jesse Singal, Ashley (2016-12-21). "Can You Predict Your Scores on an Important Personality Test?". The Cut. Archived from the original on 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2018-05-09.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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