Language, Emotion, and
Personality
February 25, 2008
I. The nature
of personality
II.
Explorations into function words
Pronouns,
self-focus, and emotions
I-words Poetry
Depression-proneness
Self-esteem
Honesty:
I and exclusive words
We-words
Presidential
candidates
Debates:
I vs we; Emotion language: positive, negative
Articles
and categorization
III. Translating experiences into words: Example
Links to personality, needs,
visual search patterns
Projective tests in general: Thematic
Apperception Test
Homework: If you haven’t done them, I urge you to look at the
following websites:
