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How do personality traits change and develop over time? And to what extent do environmental, sociocultural, and biological factors contribute to personality change? Dr. Wiebke Bleidorn, social psychologist at the University of California Davis and a 2019 recipient of APA’s Award ... Show More

Psychological research plays a crucial role in informing the approach to clinical care for transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) youth. Dr. Diane Chen, pediatric psychologist at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and guest editor of the September 2019 special issue of Clinical P ... Show More

Drs. Harris Cooper and David Frost discuss the recent Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS) reports and their implications for research in psychology. 

This week Scott speaks with journalist and Atlantic staff writer Olga Khazan about her latest book, Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change. Olga shares her personal journey experimenting with ways to reshape her own personality—armed with insights from the ... Show More

What’s going on in the brains of teenagers? How does puberty affect the brain? And why might changing the way we talk about teens lead to changes in their brain structure? In this episode of How We’re Wired, join evolutionary anthropologist Dr Anna Machin as she picks apart the n ... Show More

Ta-da! At long last, meet your new Savvy Psychologist, Dr. Jade Wu, and say farewell to your founding host, Dr. Ellen Hendriksen. This week, the two hosts exchange thoughts on the biggest challenges and best-kept secrets in psychology today (and throw in their thoughts on pizza a ... Show More

Science writer Annie Murphy Paul's fresh perspectives on intelligence and personality prompt a heart-to-heart about learning, intelligence assessments, growth mindsets and rethinking intelligence Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/supportSee omnystudio ... Show More

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

This week Scott is joined by Barnard College Professor Dr. Tovah Klein. Scott and Dr. Klein discuss her groundbreaking research on child development including the importance of being a safe anchor for your children by providing them safety in their worst moments, accepting them f ... Show More

This lecture is the first of two that address: Personality development, early life experiences, complex trauma, personality disorders, schemas, subpersonal, culture, unconscious, drives, affects, attachment, self and other distinctions, trust, empathy, attunement and more. Contac ... Show More

This week, Scott welcomes Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, senior research scientist at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and Director of the Creativity and Emotions Lab. They dive into Dr. Pringle’s new book, The Creativity Choice: The Science of Making Decisions to Turn Ide ... Show More

An introduction to the psychological study of personality, beginning with a definition of what is and is not personality and a brief history of the development of the field from Freud and Jung through the Myers-Briggs Indicator and the modern trait theories. I then discuss the Bi ... Show More