ActInf Podcast 13.2.1 Cybernetic Big 5 & FEP
Sep 14, 2023
Colin DeYoung, a Professor at the University of Minnesota and expert in personality psychology, dives into the intricate world of the Cybernetic Big Five Theory and the Free Energy Principle. They explore how individual personality traits can shape team dynamics and even suggest the concept of a collective personality. Discussions also include the role of phenotypes in animal colonies and how they relate to human personality traits. DeYoung emphasizes the complexity of measuring personality, challenging established frameworks with insights from nature.
AI Snips
Chapters
Books
Transcript
Episode notes
Team Dynamics and Openness
- Openness in teams, especially leaderless ones, fosters cognitive flexibility and self-organization.
- This is especially relevant when there isn't a rigid leadership structure.
Stability and Plasticity Across Systems
- Stability and plasticity, fundamental properties of cybernetic systems, apply across scales.
- These represent a system's focus on maintaining function versus exploring and growing.
Big Five in Other Species
- Most Big Five personality traits are identifiable in other species, suggesting evolutionary basis.
- Conscientiousness, related to long-term planning, is less common, appearing mainly in primates.