How does our history and environment shape our personality? And is this stable? A/Prof. Doris McIlwains publications are now available for free from https://www.johnsutton.net/doris-mcilwains-writings/ Thanks for Prof. John Sutton. Check it out! Contact Email: philosophyofpsychoanalysis@gmail.com Lecturer: Associate Professor Doris McIlwain. Theme song cr ... Show More
Jun 2021
Affect and Individual Differences
This is the second of two lectures that address: Memory, narrative therapy, important life events, creativity, personality, mental flexibility, positive and negative affect, cognitive flexibility, cognitive arousal, emotions, coping strategies, teamwork, Neuroplasticity, resilien ... Show More
36m 23s
Jun 2021
Peak Experiences, Memory and Emotions
This is the first of two lectures that address: Memory, narrative therapy, important life events, creativity, personality, mental flexibility, positive and negative affect, cognitive flexibility, cognitive arousal, emotions, coping strategies, teamwork, neuroplasticity, resilienc ... Show More
47m 10s
Mar 2025
How to change your personality
If you could change anything about your personality, anything at all, what would it be?
And why would you want to change it?Writer Olga Khazan spent a year trying to answer those questions, and documented the experience in her new book Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of P ... Show More
39m 11s
Sep 2020
How Role Models Change Our Lives - Fiona Murden - #223
Fiona Murden is a psychologist, executive coach and an author. We might think we're sovereign beings with independent will & agency, but the examples set by those around you are constantly shaping your behaviour, let's find out how much... Are you really the average of the 5 peop ... Show More
1 h
<p>Are you the same person you were a decade ago? Do we get better as we age? And is your sixth-grade class clown still funny? </p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9768518/">Aaron (Tim) Beck</a>, professor emer ... Show More