How Much of Our Personality Is Shaped by the Environment?

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How much of our personality is shaped by the environment? Can you take an extraverted, maybe athletically focused kid and create somebody who prefers more of the introverted ideals? Actul to this extremely inse question. A, i don't knowmy chi, you dont ave to say it. We just talked about that. I think that the new electronic world that we live in is a disaster from the standpoint if it doesn't encourage sitting, looking int the distance and thinking. It's sort of constantly giving us a reason not to think.

Richard Nisbett is one of the world's most respected psychologists. His work focuses on issues in social psychology and cognitive science. Richard is also the Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor of Psychology Emeritus at the University of Michigan.

Richard's most recent book is Thinking: A memoir.

Read more about Richard at his website: richardnisbett.com.

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