
#31 Attachment, optimism, and honesty with Bill Chopik
Personality Psychology Podcast
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The Importance of Friendships
Friendships are ways we can get some of those things from multiple friends you wouldn't say oh this one friend has to fulfill all my needs and all of my hobbies with everything. So it's not like me being like to my friend Katie like I've decided to stop dating I will now long just lump everything on meYou're now my best friend and you uh will have to hear all my life from us. Super cool yeah another research area of yours is studying personality from a lifespan perspective that seems to be another common thread that started since grad school. You mentioned this with attachment tell me a little bit about your training and lifespan research and how this is evolved in research.
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