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
Feb 2019
Personality Psychology (PERSONALITIES) with Simine Vazire
<p>WHO ARE WE? Personality researcher & psychology professor Dr. Simine Vazire dishes about introverts, extroverts, self-esteem, sociopaths, neuroticism, conscientiousness, Buzzfeed quizzes, yearbook inscriptions, trusting people, screwing up your kids, acting like your parents, ... Show More
1h 17m
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 for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology, discusses ... Show More
<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
Who are you, really? Our friends at The Gray Area ask whether it's really possible to change. Guest: Olga Khazan, author of Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change For show transcripts, go to vox.com/unxtranscripts For ... Show More
