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Colin DeYoung

Disciplines:
neuroscience
personality psychology

Summary

Canadian psychologist who developed the Cybernetic Big Five Theory — integrating the Big Five personality traits into a unified computational/biological framework.

Core Contribution

Cybernetic Big Five Theory: personality traits are cybernetic systems regulating behavior toward goals — extraversion regulates dopaminergic exploration, neuroticism regulates threat response. Identified two higher-order factors (Alpha/Stability and Beta/Plasticity) underlying the Big Five.

Notable Works & Achievements

Cybernetic Big Five Theory

Historical Influences

Hans Eysenck Jordan Peterson

Intellectual Lineage

Personality Psychology Neuroscience

Contemporaries & Peers

Jordan Peterson Scott Barry Kaufman

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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