From Aristotle to Sigmund Freud and Abraham Maslow, countless theories and concepts for understanding personality have been proposed. Throughout history, these and other great minds sought to answer ...

Variability in traits and increased individuality in behaviors is something that can evolve in response to selection, ...

The concept of personality typology — a system of classifying human personality according to a general type — has long been fascinating and studied. There are various personality typologies today, ...

Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (RST) has emerged as a pivotal framework for understanding the neural mechanisms underlying personality. The theory posits that individual differences in sensitivity ...

Clear communication has never been more important than it is today. As the world has become more complex, people have greater expectations; at the same time, we work in a climate of increasing time ...

New psychological research examines why so many are prone to believe in conspiracy theories — and the reasons are more complex than you might expect. “Conspiracy theorists are not all likely to be ...

Some people believe personality is fixed, but more recent research suggests that personality may develop over time and that people’s personality traits can change. Personality types group people into ...

Some people never seem to get sick of social time. These folks shine at parties and professional meetups. If you know someone like this, you’d probably describe them as an extrovert — the polar ...