Tests such as Myers-Briggs promise self-discovery – but here’s why you shouldn’t take them too seriously.
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The concept of a personality may sound like it’s set in stone. But personality is really much more flexible − and you can take steps to craft your characteristic thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
No wonder people are sceptical about providing information – they don’t know why employers want this information or what they’re going to do with it.
Early exposure to lead pollution may lead to less mature personality traits as an adult.
If you know your own personality traits, you might then be better placed to resist your worst unthinking impulses in a time of high anxiety.
There is a growing trend in education towards using personality test data to predict a country’s social and economic progress.
And if you like someone based on their Facebook page, you’re likely to like them in the real world.
Are you an extrovert or an introvert? The answer’s just a tick away.
Partial to Jeff Buckley? You’re probably an empathiser…
Birth order offers an intuitively appealing explanation for the perplexing differences between us and our siblings. Only problem is, it’s a myth.
Introverts have been coming out of the woodwork and staging a quiet revolution, but it’s not quite what it seems.
We can learn a lot about ourselves and our evolutionary history by looking at the personalities of our primate cousins.
When making judgements about their pupils, teachers need to be aware of their own subtle biases.
The extent to which our personalities determine aspects of our lives and health has increasingly been the subject of research over the last few years. There was the suggestion, for example, that being…
The costs associated with recruiting the wrong person are always high, not only in financial terms but emotionally as well. So the prospect of administering a personality test that accurately indicates…
In 1931 the Australian Institute of Industrial Psychology published lectures by A. H. Martin who, after dismissing astrology, palmistry and phrenology as pseudo-sciences, bravely put psychology forward…
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is the most popular personality test, boasting millions of test-takers each year. Developed in the 1940s by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Briggs, the MBTI is…
Many job seekers are wary of personality testing. They will accept prying interviews and secretive reference checks, but baulk at having their personalities assessed. A review of studies conducted in 17…
Have you ever completed a personality test and felt dissatisfied with your scores? Maybe you’ve quibbled with the low score you received on extroversion – a personality trait reflecting outgoing and gregarious…
The idea that people can be classified into types has a long history. Writing 23 centuries ago, the Greek philosopher Theophrastus sketched 30 characters that are instantly recognisable to this day. They…
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Management, Macquarie Graduate School of Management
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Professor of Personality Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Student in Immunology, Imperial College London
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Director iPIPS in the School of Education, Durham University
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Wellcome Trust Medical Humanities Research Fellow, Queen Mary University of London
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Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar at Bar-Ilan University and Honorary Research Associate at the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor, Federation University Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Head of Psychology (Knowledge Exchange and Marketing), Edge Hill University
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Lecturer in Education, University of Stirling
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