News tagged with personality differences


Men are from ... Earth, women are from ... Earth, study says

For decades, popular writers have entertained readers with the premise that men and women are so psychologically dissimilar they could hail from entirely different planets. But a new study shows that it's time for the Mars/Venus theories about the sexes to come back to Earth. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (14) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

New study finds what makes a good mentor and mentee

How-to books are full of advice on what makes a good mentor. But what makes a good mentee and what chemistry is needed to make the relationship work?

Health created Nov 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teens tell different tales about themselves depending on gender

During adolescence, the stories young people tell about themselves reflects their development of a personal identity and sense of self, and those autobiographical narratives vary depending on the teens' gender, according ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Men and women have major personality differences

Men and women have large differences in personality, according to a new study published Jan. 4 in the online journal PLoS ONE.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Learning left from right

(Medical Xpress) -- Pop psychology assertions about left-brain/right-brain differences are pretty much tosh. Our personalities are not dominated by a battle between the creative skills residing in one half ...

Neuroscience created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Seeking to be the 'perfect parent' not always good for new moms and dads

Parents of newborns show poorer adjustment to their new role if they believe society expects them to be "perfect" moms and dads, a new study shows.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research finds extreme antisocial personality predicts gang membership

Research into the 2011 London riots found they were mostly committed by antisocial persons, less than 20% of whom were explicitly gang members. This is because gang membership is primarily for the most antisocial of such ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1