Tag: personality

Study suggests relationship with dad has big influence on personality development

From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release via EurekAlert!: A father’s love contributes as much — and sometimes more — to a child’s development as does a… Read more »

Study suggests marketing is more effective when targeted to personality types

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Advertisers spend enormous amounts of time and money attempting to tailor their advertising campaigns to the needs of different demographic groups. After… Read more »

Study suggests people with higher emotional intelligence may be less good at spotting liars

From the British Psychological Society (BPS) press release via AlphaGalileo: People who rate themselves as having high emotional intelligence (EI) tend to overestimate their ability to detect deception in others…. Read more »

Study suggests many genes of small effect may influence economic decisions and political attitudes

From the Cornell University press releasse via EurekAlert!: Genetic factors explain some of the variation in a wide range of people’s political attitudes and economic decisions – such as preferences… Read more »

Study suggests resiliency during early teen years can protect against later alcohol, drug problems

From the University of Michigan press release via EurekAlert!: Resiliency is a measure of a person’s ability to flexibly adapt their behaviors to fit the surroundings in which they find… Read more »