Posts Tagged ‘Can we change personality’

Personality: The Myth of Permanence

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Psychologists have generally taken the view that personality is formed during childhood and that it is does not change much in adults.

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This belief is underpinned by a wide range of research into and theories about personality and, although there is an ongoing debate about whether it is more a matter of ‘nature’ or ‘nurture,’ there is little disagreement about the limited extent to which adult’s generally change their personality. Read the rest of this entry »