Why We Trust Others or Don't

Discover the complexities of having or lacking confidence in others. Some issues are in you. Other concerns are in people's trustworthiness. Personality factors also play a role.

Discover the complexities of having or lacking confidence in others. Some issues are in you. Other concerns are in people's trustworthiness. Personality factors also play a role.

The Over-excitabilities High-IQ People Have

If you have an IQ of 130 or above, you have one to five over-excitabilities.

If you have an IQ of 130 or above, you have one to five over-excitabilities.

The Emotional Benefits of De-Cluttering

How separating trash from treasure promotes well-being.

How separating trash from treasure promotes well-being.

Happy Holiday, Your Way: Happiness Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All

Not only are we different from each other, but our needs change with time and circumstances. Craft a holiday that fits you—guilt-free.

Not only are we different from each other, but our needs change with time and circumstances. Craft a holiday that fits you—guilt-free.

From Dates to Love: Can Life Events Rewrite Our Attachment?

Can life events, such as entering a new relationship, change attachment styles? A team of researchers took on these questions, and their findings reveal some fascinating insights.

Can life events, such as entering a new relationship, change attachment styles? A team of researchers took on these questions, and their findings reveal some fascinating insights.

Stop Creating Stress for Yourself

Stress is like diet and exercise. If we are mindful, we can change our behavior and prevent stress just as we can improve our diet and exercise habits.

Stress is like diet and exercise. If we are mindful, we can change our behavior and prevent stress just as we can improve our diet and exercise habits.

Why Some Partners Choose Gift-Giving Over Jealousy

Some people shower partners with affection and gifts, while others resort to jealousy or manipulation to keep them close. This may be why.

Some people shower partners with affection and gifts, while others resort to jealousy or manipulation to keep them close. This may be why.

Take Off Your Halo

We have a tendency to make broad judgments based on limited information. It is probably wise to pause and consider this now and then.

We have a tendency to make broad judgments based on limited information. It is probably wise to pause and consider this now and then.

Improve Your Relationships by Thinking Like an Extraterrestrial

Learning to think like someone you’re not.

Learning to think like someone you’re not.

At Long Last, a Quicker Way to Measure Your Personality

It’s always fascinating to gain insight into what makes you tick. Getting right to the point, a new measure of personality makes the process reasonably quick and easy.

It’s always fascinating to gain insight into what makes you tick. Getting right to the point, a new measure of personality makes the process reasonably quick and easy.

How Personality Drives Major Choices in Business Fields

Does your business major reveal your personality? New research links Machiavellian traits, like power-seeking and manipulation, to certain business majors.

Does your business major reveal your personality? New research links Machiavellian traits, like power-seeking and manipulation, to certain business majors.

The Most Common Misconceptions About Narcissism

Misapplication fails those we accuse, and those who need help.

Misapplication fails those we accuse, and those who need help.

People With a Sweet Tooth May Also Be Sweeter People

A sweet proof of "conceptual metaphor theory."

A sweet proof of "conceptual metaphor theory."

Which Job Is the Best Fit for Your Personality?

The traits that best suit managers, pilots, trainers, and others.

The traits that best suit managers, pilots, trainers, and others.

A Few Core Values Underlie Life Goals and Vocational Choice

Research has converged on six to 10 core values that motivate us toward career and life goals. Awareness of the relative importance of these values helps us make wise choices.

Research has converged on six to 10 core values that motivate us toward career and life goals. Awareness of the relative importance of these values helps us make wise choices.

Can the Fighting Arts Promote Positive Personality Traits?

With martial arts training, we likely need not fear fostering the Cobra Kai no-mercy mentality. Kung Fu Panda's agreeable and conscientious personality is a more probable outcome.

With martial arts training, we likely need not fear fostering the Cobra Kai no-mercy mentality. Kung Fu Panda's agreeable and conscientious personality is a more probable outcome.

Self-Oriented Versus Other-Oriented Leadership

Ever wonder why some leaders seem genuinely to care about "the people," while others seem to reach the top by being self-oriented? The research presented here can help explain why.

Ever wonder why some leaders seem genuinely to care about "the people," while others seem to reach the top by being self-oriented? The research presented here can help explain why.

Once Narcissistic, Always Narcissistic?

Have you ever wondered if people remain narcissistic throughout their lives? A recent analysis of narcissism across the lifespan provides some answers.

Have you ever wondered if people remain narcissistic throughout their lives? A recent analysis of narcissism across the lifespan provides some answers.

Terminal Lucidity, Brain Injury, and the Self

Personal Perspective: Terminal lucidity challenges orthodoxy by asking how a person with severe or prolonged brain damage can suddenly be their pre-morbid self.

Personal Perspective: Terminal lucidity challenges orthodoxy by asking how a person with severe or prolonged brain damage can suddenly be their pre-morbid self.

Attachment on the Autism Spectrum

Research indicates that there is overlap between fearful attachment and some symptoms of autism. Here’s what you should know and how to tell the difference.

Research indicates that there is overlap between fearful attachment and some symptoms of autism. Here’s what you should know and how to tell the difference.

16 Signs of a Difficult Childhood Home Life

Struggles to trust or to relax, people-pleasing, anxiety, and more.

Struggles to trust or to relax, people-pleasing, anxiety, and more.

OCD May Not Be What You Think It Is

Personal Perspective: Many OCD treatments focus primarily on relieving symptoms. What could be accomplished if we focused instead on sufferers' hidden gifts?

Personal Perspective: Many OCD treatments focus primarily on relieving symptoms. What could be accomplished if we focused instead on sufferers' hidden gifts?

Grit, Hardiness, and Resilience Skills

Difficult and challenging life experiences may foster resilience skills but are not associated with increases in grit and hardiness.

Difficult and challenging life experiences may foster resilience skills but are not associated with increases in grit and hardiness.

What Makes People Satisfied With Their Lives?

Satisfaction may be more of a trait than an outcome.

Satisfaction may be more of a trait than an outcome.

Are You and Your Partner Temperamentally Compatible?

Differences in temperament could be more deeply rooted than differences in personality, and if you don't understand them well enough, they can cause problems in your relationship.

Differences in temperament could be more deeply rooted than differences in personality, and if you don't understand them well enough, they can cause problems in your relationship.

You Can Become More Stable Over Time

Personality isn't fixed. Most people change over a lifetime. You also can deliberately change behavior and thinking that is hurting you.

Personality isn't fixed. Most people change over a lifetime. You also can deliberately change behavior and thinking that is hurting you.

How Our Brain Responds to Politically Charged Information

The degree to which someone embraces or fears uncertainty could impact how opposing political candidates are perceived during a campaign, research suggests.

The degree to which someone embraces or fears uncertainty could impact how opposing political candidates are perceived during a campaign, research suggests.

Learn What Your Money Personality Is

How your hidden beliefs about money may guide your spending.

How your hidden beliefs about money may guide your spending.

Are You a Wild Introvert?

Wild introverts have a more active nerdy dopamine pathway.

Wild introverts have a more active nerdy dopamine pathway.

Is Rejection Sensitive Disorder Real or Really In Your Head?

Rejection sensitivity disorder is a lens through which we view our self-worth through the eyes of others. And it's not a great view.

Rejection sensitivity disorder is a lens through which we view our self-worth through the eyes of others. And it's not a great view.