Event Summary:

Psychometrics, personality, type vs trait… what is it all about really?
Well, you are in luck! There is a book that aims to explore these and other fascinating topics about Personality Psychology in an engaging, entertaining and hopefully useful way – “Personality: A User’s guide”.

Written by Georgi Yankov – Principle Research Scientist at DDI bringing knowledge of philosophy, Big Data and AI, and Nikita Mikhailov – Chief Neuroticism Officer at Goodness of Psychology, who bring a bit of shenanigans to the book.

So join Georgi and Nikita for the ABP book club, where we will discuss and engage a variety of fascinating topics from how our personality changes and when robots will be starting to complete Personality assessments.

This book has been reviewed by Robert Hogan, who described it “as the best introduction to Personality Psychology that I ever read” so it can’t be too shabby!

For more reviews, please check out Amazon:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Personality-Users-Guide-Nikita-Mikhailov/dp/1472147936

Biog:

Georgi Yankov, PhD, is a principal research scientist at Development Dimensions International (DDI), where he develops traditional tests and innovative simulations scored with machine learning algorithms. His expertise and publications are in the fields of computational psychometrics, machine learning and personality assessment. Georgi has previously worked at Hogan Assessment Systems in the USA and Giunti Psychometrics in Europe, as well as consulted multiple assessment start-ups on how to build and validate their tools. Georgi holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Sofia University, Bulgaria, as well as an MSc from Baruch College, CUNY and a PhD from Bowling Green State University, both in industrial-organizational psychology.

Nikita Mikhailov is a Chief Neuroticism Officer at PsyPub community and co-founder of Goodness of Psychology Ltd consultancy. His speciality is personality based coaching, and he enjoys collaborating with professionals from a variety of fields to deliver value added projects to a wide range of clients ranging from corporates to couples and individuals.