A helpful.....blog(?)

In order to see what others have to say on my summative topic, I went and followed a couple of experts in the field of behavioral and personality science. One person's blog posts who's content really helped me understand more about the human personality was the blog posts of Kendra Cherry, described by her twitter profile (@KendraCherry) as a psychology expert, so I feel like she knows her stuff. I felt like her blog was less of a blog, and seemed instead like a pretty good resource for research and gathering information. Her posts were verified by other experts in the field, and she had her resources listed at the bottom of her posts. Actually, to be completely honest, the blog she posts on seems to really just be a platform where she is able to publish all her articles. The website I am talking about is Verywell Mind.

I actually got a lot of my information from her blog posts, as she describes in detail many aspects of not only personality theory but also many other topics in psychology. Her blog posts covered the basics of personality theory that I felt I really needed to know to even begin to think more deeply about this topic. I started with reading about the history of personality theory, and learned things that, to be completely honest, I probably could have learned on Wikipedia -- but her blog posts were probably more accurate than what the online encyclopedia has to offer. The blog itself also has some other writers who also are either doctors or psychologists, and they also publish their articles about psychology and the human mind. However, all the articles and posts about my topic seemed to all be written by her. I also look into her a bit more closely, and saw what she posts on twitter. Her twitter feed (@AboutPsychology -- she has two twitter accounts) appears to just be links to articles on her blog or articles that other people have written on how to improve your mental well-being and such.

I think the blog/her blog posts just helped my understand so much about the basics of human personalities, and what people and psychologists have thought in the past about personality. It also has a so many articles about my topic, such as how personality can affect music tastes, or how to actively change your personality, and other things that all seem pretty relevant to my project. The blog posts also seem to be relatively up to date, as the last time some of them were edited was only a few months ago, so the information provided should not be really out of date. The pure amount of articles written by this one person is absurd. There has got to be hundreds of articles about the human personality, and I have only scratched the surface as to what information the site and Kendra Cherry has to offer. With enough time and if I was interested enough, I think I'd really like to try and read as many of the articles as possible.

Until next time,

A Little Fall of Rain