Welcome to the Scientific Pioneers study of Brent Roberts' personality lab. This study is comprised of six parts, which are listed below and can be done in any order. We will ask you to provide your email in each part as a way of connecting your responses across the surveys, and as a way to contact us if you would not like your responses included in our study. 

Demographics
In addition to the surveys below, we ask that you take this demographic survey in conjunction with the rest of the study
  • 1: Chatbot
  • 2: Life Experience
  • 3: Work Style
  • 4: Personality
  • 5: Cognitive Ability
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Juji Chatbot

This portion of the Scientific Pioneers study invites you to engage with our Juji Chatbot, an artificial intelligence program that is able to conduct a life-history interview in a dynamic fashion, and can be used as an alternative way to determine elements of your personality, identity, and aptitude by simply having a conversation with you

Alternatives

We understand that some participants may choose not to engage with our chatbot. Alternatively, you can complete this portion of the survey by scheduling an interview with a member of our team
References
Zhou, M. X., Chen, W., Xiao, Z., Yang, H., Chi, T., & Williams, R. (2019, March). Getting virtually personal: chatbots who actively listen to you and infer your personality. In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces: Companion (pp. 123-124).

Life Experiences

The second portion of this survey assesses your past life experiences, especially ones that have been associated with creative eminence in past research. We would like to know about your life experiences and how they have impacted your work
References
Damian, R. I., & Roberts, B. W. (2016). Integrating posttraumatic growth into a broader model of life experiences and personality change. European Journal of Personality, 28, 334–336.
Damian, R. I., & Simonton, D. K. (2015). Psychopathology, adversity, and creativity: Diversifying experiences in the development of eminent African Americans. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 623–636.

Work Style and Work Experience

Your work style can have a significant impact on how you conduct your research and that research is subsequently received. In this section,  you will find a range of questions that focus on how you conduct your research and how you work with others in your lab and as a collaborator.  We also include a place for you to upload your CV so we can get an accurate assessment of your accomplishments to date
References
Gough, H.G., & Woodworth, D.G. (1960), Stylistic variations among professional research scientists, Journal of Psychology, 49, 87-98

Personality Inventory

The personality portion of the survey focuses on your characteristic ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving.  We want to know how you perceive yourself, but also find out how others view you. So, we provide two ways of providing this information.  In the first option, you tell us about yourself. In the second option, you provide us with the names and information of people around you who can tell us their opinion about you. We firmly believe that both perspectives are valuable
References
Almlund, M., Duckworth, A. L., Heckman, J. J., & Kautz, T. D. (2011). Personality psychology and economics (No. w16822). NBER Working Paper Series. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Borghans, L., Duckworth, A. L., Heckman, J. J., & Ter Weel, B. (2008). The economics and psychology of personality traits. Journal of human Resources, 43(4), 972-1059.
Roberts, B. W., Kuncel, N. R., Shiner, R., Caspi, A., & Goldberg, L. R. (2007). The power of personality: The comparative validity of personality traits, socioeconomic status, and cognitive ability for predicting important life outcomes. Perspectives on Psychological science, 2(4), 313-345.
Soto, C. J., & John, O. P. (2017). The next Big Five Inventory (BFI2): Developing and assessing a hierarchical model with 15 facets to enhance bandwidth, fidelity, and predictive power. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113, 117–143.
Soto, C. J. (2021). Do links between personality and life outcomes generalize? Testing the robustness of trait–outcome associations across gender, age, ethnicity, and analytic approaches. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(1), 118-130.

Cognitive Ability

For this section of the survey, we ask you to answer some intelligence inventories, such as questions dealing with Matrix Reasoning and 3-Dimensional Rotation. These items should give us an idea of your mental ability as related to the fields of science