When we talk about our personality, many of us treat it as a fixed, unchanging part of us. But the truth is our personality can evolve and often does, even without us deliberately trying. For example, ...

Learning and personality interact in several ways. Source: Kaushal Moradiya / Pexels The open-access journal Collabra: Psychology has recently published a special collection of papers on the interplay ...

It might be obvious that internet quizzes are not scientific, but many of the seemingly serious personality tests used to guide educational and career choices are also not supported by research.

Many of us don’t necessarily have the kind of lives we want. We may not enjoy intimate relationships, jobs that fulfill us, the ideal home, or enough income to do what we want to do. But do these ...

Teams are essential to the human experience. From sports to political parties, we are predisposed toward rallying in groups according to common interests. It goes without saying, therefore, that teams ...

Here’s how to tell if what you’re feeling is a sign of a deeper mental health issue.

Some examples of narcissistic behavior include inflating one’s accomplishments to gain praise, ignoring other people’s feelings, and deliberately taking credit for someone else’s work. Narcissistic ...

In Borderline Personality Disorder: Early Development I described how the young child must integrate multiple images (self and object representations) into a coherent, unitary, relatively consistent ...