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Research Confirms That Men Are, In Fact, Idiots
An investigation of winners of the Darwin Award, which highlights extreme, foolish risk-taking behavior, compared the frequency of "winners" who are male vs. female. The study found a statistically significant greater number of men than women among the winners. Researchers say the findings confirm "Male Idiot Theory."read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 21, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Douglas LaBier, Ph.D. Tags: Gender Personality Psychiatry Self-Help gender differences Personality quirks risk-taking social behavior Source Type: news

The Heart of Effective Leadership
Research sheds light on three surprising qualities of a successful leader.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 21, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Barbara Markway, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Personality Relationships Work behavioral change emotional intelligence leadership empathy genuineness motivation success warmth Source Type: news

Did the Quiz Help You Determine Your Tendency?
I’m very gratified that so many thousands of people have taken the quiz — and even more gratified by the notes at the end. The comments are fascinating.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: Happiness Personality Better than Before habits Self-Knowledge Strategy of Four Tendencies Source Type: news

Others All Good or All Bad: A Splitting Headache
Ever since they were first described by psychoanalysts, people with borderline personality disorder were presumed to be incapable of seeing both the good and bad in other people simultaneously. While they can indeed act that way, they are actually superb judges of character. They are also thought of as being manipulative, which requires that very ability.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David M. Allen, M.D. Tags: Child Development Personality Relationships Borderline Personality Disorder defense mechanisms Marsha Linehan otto kernberg psychoanalysis social psychology splitting Source Type: news

Narcissists Use Fewer Facebook Privacy Settings
Narcissists use fewer Facebook privacy settings. After all, who wouldn't want to know everything about them?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer Golbeck, Ph.D. Tags: Personality Facebook narcissism privacy social media Source Type: news

New Year, Same You
Keeping up with New Year's resolutions require an active change in thinking and behavior. Apply these seven skills to get one step closer to your annual goals. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 19, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Helen M. Farrell, M.D. Tags: Happiness Personality Self-Help Social Life resolutions; goals; behavior; thoughts; self-help Source Type: news

The One Conversation Introvert-Extrovert Couples Should Have
Introverts and extroverts may approach conflict differently, but knowing each other's style can pave the way to effective conflict management in relationships.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 19, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sophia Dembling Tags: Personality Relationships anger avoiding conflict dating difficult conversations fights getting serious in a relationship Gottman how to fight how to handle problems husband John Gottman living together long-term relationships Source Type: news

Who Uses Their Head and Who Listens to Their Heart?
Whether a person identifies with their head or their heart can say a lot about their personality. Are people in their heads really smarter than those in their hearts? The head/heart distinction might reveal something about how personality and intelligence are related. Shifting a person's attention between the head or the heart might change the way they think and behave. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 19, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Scott A. McGreal, MSc. Tags: Intelligence Personality agreeableness behavioral priming head heart Source Type: news

Libido & Conversing: What Transsexuals Can Teach Heteros
How much do you desire sex and conversation? Transsexuals show us that sex hormones play a big role in both of these needs.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 18, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael Castleman, M.A. Tags: Gender Personality Relationships Sex transsexuality Source Type: news

6 Reasons You Can't Win
Will the partnership between Man and Machine end in our demise, or is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 18, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert W. Fuller, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Creativity Education Ethics and Morality Evolutionary Psychology Happiness Neuroscience Personality Philosophy Social Life Spirituality ai artificial intelligence brain dignity existenial neurophilsophy Source Type: news

Perfectionism?
Can you avoid making mistakes or can you avoid your inner critic?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 16, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Beverly Engel, L.M.F.T. Tags: Personality inner critic inner voice negative messages nurturing inner voice perfectionism ugly head Source Type: news

Everyday Bipolar Disorder and Order
We're all a little bipolar, motivated in opposite directions. Healthier, more trustworthy people own their ambivalences. Here are some tips on how to do it.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 16, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy E. Sherman, Ph.D. Tags: Personality Relationships Self-Help Social Life Source Type: news

Is There a Single Dimension of Mental Illness?
A new study finds evidence for a “p factor” that cuts across a wide number of different psychiatric diagnoses. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David Rettew, M.D. Tags: Intelligence Neuroscience Personality Psychiatry Source Type: news

Don’t Let Your Anger “Mature” Into Bitterness
All bitterness starts out as hurt. And your emotional pain may well relate to viewing whomever, or whatever, provoked this hurt as having malicious intent: as committing a grave injustice toward you, as gratuitously wronging you and causing you grief. For righteous anger is what we’re all likely to experience whenever we conclude that another has seriously abused us. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 14, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D. Tags: Personality Relationships Self-Help Stress anger bitterness Forgiveness injustice rage resentment righteousness vindictiveness Source Type: news

Computers Judge Personality Better Than People Do
New research shows that a simple algorithm adding up your Facebook Likes can actually assess your soul better than your soulmate can.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - January 12, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Matthew Hutson Tags: Media Personality Relationships Social Life Facebook privacy Source Type: news