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Are You Impulsive?
Did Black Friday prompt you to make an impulse purchase? Read this post and calculate your ‘dysfunctional impulsivity’ score.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 28, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alain Samson, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Cognition Personality Self-Help Source Type: news

Happy Thanksgiving: The Benefits of Gratitude
Because one student wanted to conduct a happiness intervention, gratitude started spreading through my lab—everyone has been thanking everyone else. And, as you would expect, the entire lab seems authentically happier after we started our own gratitude intervention. This is a story about how developing a thesis project transformed my entire lab.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 27, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Ryan T. Howell, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Happiness Health Personality Source Type: news

Gratitude: Think About It
With gratitude towards liferead more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ana Nogales Tags: Happiness Personality Procrastination Resilience expression of gratitude Source Type: news

5 Questions that Will Test Your Sense of Meaning in Life
The need to find meaning in your life might not be something you ponder on a daily basis but it lies at the root of your sense of worth. By answering these 5 questions, you can measure your progress toward that ultimate source of happiness. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Personality Resilience Self-Help anxiety depression fulfillment meaning in life MLQ positive psychology Susan Krauss Whitbourne Source Type: news

How Yoga & Meditation Increase Creativity & Healthy Emotions
Research continues to demonstrate the power of meditation and yoga practices to transform our entire beings. These two new studies illustrate how creativity in increased from meditation; and that yoga diminishes stress and anxiety. They add to the growing body of knowledge of the impact of these practices upon our minds, emotions and behavior.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Douglas LaBier, Ph.D. Tags: Cognition Creativity Neuroscience Personality emotional wellbeing meditation stress Yoga Source Type: news

When Being Nice Gets in the Way of Being Smart
The relation between intelligence and the personality trait agreeableness presents a puzzle. Agreeableness is unrelated to IQ, yet lay people tend to associate agreeableness with lower intelligence, even though it is a desirable quality. A new study found that agreeable people choke under pressure, suggesting that being too nice can be a liability at times.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Scott A. McGreal, MSc. Tags: Intelligence Personality choking under pressure intelligence and personality Source Type: news

Can You Find 20 Minutes to Be Extraordinary Today?
Overcoming the tendency to spend nearly all our time doing ordinary things in the ordinary way is the first step to thriving in our careers.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David Niven, Ph.D. Tags: Personality Work career satisfaction motivation proactive approach Source Type: news

Want Wisdom? Choose Irony.
Here’s the trouble with life: We often face choices in which each of the available options could save or screw us, tough-judgment-call situations in which it’s not obvious whether to go with plan A or B, either of which could be just the ticket or just the ticket to hell. Irony is a wonderful tool for facing wisely into the challenge.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy E. Sherman, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Behavioral Economics Cognition Education Ethics and Morality Intelligence Law and Crime Personality Philosophy Politics Relationships Resilience Self-Help Social Life Spirituality Work Source Type: news

And He Knew All the Words
Stuart Fischoff pioneered Media Psychology. He was a TV talk-show shrink—until it got too rowdy even for him. He knew all the words to Sondheim. And now he's gone.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D. Tags: Media Personality Relationships Work media psychology Oprah Source Type: news

Borderline Personality: The Promiscuous Diagnosis
Promiscuous Borderline Personality hangs out with many other diagnosesread more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jerold J. Kreisman, M.D. Tags: Personality Psychiatry Borderline Personality Disorder diagnoses Source Type: news

The Borderline Grows Older
What is the difference between the younger and the older Borderline?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jerold J. Kreisman, M.D. Tags: Aging Personality Psychiatry Social Life borderline personality Source Type: news

What Lonely People Seek from Facebook
Critics of social media argue that people who spend time on Facebook become social introverts due to their reliance on virtual rather than face-to-face interactions. However, a closer look at the research reveals that loneliness is the cause, not the result, of heavy Facebook use. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Media Personality Relationships Facebook friends loneliness relationship tips shyness social media social skills social support Source Type: news

How Much Does the Language We Speak Shape Our Identity?
Can a different language change who we are? read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sheila Kohler Tags: Creativity Environment Happiness Personality Source Type: news

We've got something for everyone: The Barnum Effect
How can you convince somebody that you know all about them? How do "tricksters and charlatans" explore the rules of "cold reading" to manipulate people?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Adrian Furnham, Ph.D. Tags: Personality Self-Help Source Type: news

Sound or Noise?
The importance of individual differences. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lindsay J. McCunn Tags: Environment Personality Source Type: news