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#523 - Dr Christian Jarrett - The Science Of Personality Change

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The Longest Longitudinal Personality Study Ever

There was a study that focused on one sort of tiny part of personality, where it was related to conscientiousness. But I mean there were a number of flaws that study. Another recent study looked over 50 years comparing personality scores with the same group of people and they found 98% showed meaningful change in at least one of the 10 traits. It's not set in stone, but it's relatively stable, but there is some change as well. So it is meaningful while not being totally fixed.

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