When faced with chaos or danger, most people retreat. Not so for those who possess a certain personality trait.
Articles on Personality types
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Parents need to use different approaches to shape behaviour depending on the child’s personality type.
Are you neurotic? This may be due to a thick cerebral cortex
Burnout is a growing problem for the modern workplace. It has an impact on organisational costs, as well as employee health and well-being.
Both genetic and environmental factors determine someone’s personality. Genes account for between 30-50% of the determination and unique environmental experiences making up the rest.
People who are compassionate may be ‘rewarded’ by experiencing pleasure from sad music.
A team of music psychologists have come up with a new way of classifying music that streaming platforms such as Spotify may find very useful.
Are you moody? Prone to distraction? Cellphones may act as a high-tech pacifier.
When seeing or hearing something poignant, many get the chills. But about one-third of the population doesn’t feel this sensation.
Writing errors often appear in text messages, emails and other types of informal electronic communication. These errors matter when a short email is the only basis for judgment.
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Professor of Personality Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct professor, UNSW ; University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Centre for Positive Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Business psychologist, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Eureka College
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Professor of Linguistics, English Language and Literatures and Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan
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Lecturer, Clinical Psychology, James Cook University
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Relationships Expert & Psychology Educator at the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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PhD Student, University of California, Davis
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Clinical Research Associate, University of Cambridge
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Scientia Professor of Neuropsychiatry, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), School of Psychiatry, UNSW
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Professor of Marketing, Baylor University
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Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar at Bar-Ilan University and Honorary Research Associate at the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge