The Most Interesting Recent Finding in Personality Psychology

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There are some genetic determinants of personality, which in interaction with social features like loneliness to the person experiences. The interaction between genetics and genomic analysis and social ecology is a really rich vein that I'd love to see people exploring. What do you think is the biggest misconception about introverts? That it's fixed. It's a core value for me as being there and rising to occasions. If I just am boringly introverted the way I truly am, then I don't think that would be particularly interesting interview.

Award-winning researcher and pioneering psychologist Brian Little has plenty of accomplishments under his belt. He’s the author of the bestselling books “Me, Myself, and Us” and “Who Are You, Really?” His TED Talk on the science of personality has tens of millions of views and he’s been elected a Favorite Professor multiple times at Harvard. And he’s also Adam’s favorite psychologist – and personal mentor. Brian and Adam talk about how our personal projects shape our well-being, the nuances of introversion and extraversion, when it makes sense to act out of character, and what our daily pursuits reveal about us. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts