Modern Wisdom

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

Sep 8, 2022

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The Expectation Effect and Willpower: Insights from Research

00:35

Intro and extravert - good definition !

02:09

Practicing Best Possible Self and Increasing Optimism for Extraversion

01:59

The Big Five Model of Personality

01:22

Introduction

5min

What Are Your Thoughts on Jealousy?

4min

Personality - What's the Difference?

2min

How Much Does Personality Matter?

2min

The Big Five

2min

Is There a Genetic Component to Your Personality?

4min

Is There a Difference Between the Mind and the Body?

3min

The Longest Longitudinal Personality Study Ever

3min

What Is Personality?

3min

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The Interdependence Between Personality and Life

2min

11.

Leverage

3min

12.

Personal Project Analysis

2min

13.

Adaptive Advantage

2min

14.

Adaptive Psychology

3min

15.

Extroverts and Introverts in the Big Five Theory

2min

16.

Can You Change Your Personality?

2min

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Changing Neuroticism

2min

18.

Are You a Parent?

3min

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Psychopaths and the Dark Triad

2min

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Psychopaths - How to Get Out of the Threat Mindset

3min

21.

The Dark Gentleman, I Love It

5min

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What Is the Long Term Perspective?

5min

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Willpower and Conscientiousness

3min

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Your View on Willpower Determines Your Experience of Willpower

4min

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Brain Training Exercises to Reduce Anxiety

2min

26.

Extroverts Are More Optimistic When They Live Longer

4min

27.

The Importance of Having Positive Repetition When You Mess Up

3min

28.

Christine Jarrett, I Appreciate You, Chris. Cheers, Chris, Thanks for Tuning In.

2min

Dr Christian Jarrett is deputy editor of Psyche and an author.

Most people believe that they are their personalities. That it's an immutable, unchanging, central part of them as a person. But psychologists and neuroscientists have been studying the science of personality change for many years and have uncovered strategies to nudge your personality in the direction you want.

Expect to learn why most personality tests are basically useless, how genetically heritable our personalities are, just how much of a change we can make from where we start off, how to stop being shy or introverted, the best strategies to become more ambitious and conscientious, the most effective ways to maintain personality change and much more...

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