# Brent Roberts

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{{short description|American psychologist}}
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| fields            = [Social psychology](/source/Social_psychology)<br>[Personality psychology](/source/Personality_psychology)
| workplaces        = [University of Tulsa](/source/University_of_Tulsa)<br>[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign](/source/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign)
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| alma_mater        = [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley)
| thesis_title      = A Longitudinal Study of the Reciprocal Relation Between Women's Personality and Occupational Experience
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| doctoral_advisor  = [Ravenna Helson](/source/Ravenna_Helson)
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| known_for         = [Conscientiousness](/source/Conscientiousness)<br>[Narcissism](/source/Narcissism)
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'''Brent Walter Roberts''' is an American social and personality psychologist who is professor of psychology at the [University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign](/source/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign). He is known for his research on [personality trait](/source/personality_trait)s, especially [conscientiousness](/source/conscientiousness)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/conscientiousness-predicts-success-2014-4 |title=This Personality Trait Predicts Success |last=Baer |first=Drake |date=2014-04-30 |website=Business Insider |access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref> and [narcissism](/source/narcissism).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/10/13/research-says-college-students-no-more-narcissistic-previous-generations-age |title=Research says college students no more narcissistic than previous generations at that age |last=Roll |first=Nick |date=2017-10-13 |website=Inside Higher Ed |language=en |access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20171115-millenials-are-the-most-narcissistic-generation-not-so-fast |title=Millennials are narcissistic? The evidence is not so simple |last=Jarrett |first=Christian |date=2017-11-15 |website=BBC Future |language=en |access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref> He was the president of the [Association for Research in Personality](/source/Association_for_Research_in_Personality), and was named an [ISI Highly Cited Researcher](/source/ISI_Highly_Cited_Researcher) in 2016 and 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.psychology.illinois.edu/people/bwrobrts |title=Brent W. Roberts   |website=www.psychology.illinois.edu |language=en |access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref> In 2014 he presented the [Paul B. Baltes Lecture](/source/Paul_B._Baltes_Lecture) at the [Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities](/source/Berlin-Brandenburg_Academy_of_Sciences_and_Humanities).

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==External links==
*[https://psychology.illinois.edu/directory/profile/bwrobrts Faculty page]
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