The Personality Measurement and Development Lab

Josh Jackson is the Rosenzweig Professor in Personality Science at Washington University in St. Louis and directs the Personality Measurement and Development Lab.

The lab investigates how people differ from one another, otherwise known as “individual differences” or “personality”. Personality can be thought of as the relatively consistent thoughts, feelings, behaviors that make a person unique.

Everyone has a personality, and they bring it with them all day every day, shaping their world. The lab is guided by addressing the following three broad questions:

1. What is the optimal way to measure personality?

2. How consistent or malleable is personality?

3. What are the processes by which personality influences important life outcomes?

Please see Recent Findings and Current Projects pages for more information about the lab.

For the most up to date publications, please see Josh’s Google Scholar page