Many people see traits as something like innate brain circuits or genetic codes that cause our behaviors. This is why, for example, companies measure personality traits of job applicants. If someone ...

A new study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships investigates how personality traits associated with ...

Psychologists have been studying personality for a very long time. Thinking about personality as a collection of traits goes all the way back to ancient Greece and Rome, and trait theorists such as ...

Why do some people do more for the community than others? A new study from the University of Zurich, available on the PsyArXiv preprint server, now shows that personality traits such as extraversion ...

Associations of personality traits with physical activity and sedentary behavior were observed in a study conducted at the Gerontology Research Centre and the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at ...

Find a hobby you'll enjoy—and stick to—by understanding which personality type you are: extroverted, agreeable, open, ...

Various studies have looked at how personality changes over our lives, so how stable is your personality, really?