
Personality - American Psychological Association (APA)
Personality refers to individual differences in patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. The study of personality focuses on individual differences in personality characteristics and how the parts …
Personality is a high-interest topic in high school psychology because most students are in Erik Erikson’s identity versus role confusion stage and are in the process of solidifying many …
Personality: Where Does it Come From? - Article Spotlight - APA
Feb 13, 2018 · Personality: Where Does it Come From and How Does it Work? February 13, 2018 How do our personalities develop? What do we come with and what is built from our …
Resilience - American Psychological Association (APA)
Resilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to …
What you need to know about willpower: The psychological …
Jan 26, 2012 · Willpower is the ability to resist short-term temptations in order to meet long-term goals. With more self-control would we all eat right, exercise regularly, avoid drugs and …
What is borderline personality disorder? With Carla Sharp, PhD
Carla Sharp, PhD, discusses how borderline personality disorder (BPD) is diagnosed, defined and treated, how family members can help children and adults with BPD, and how the disorder fits …
A broader view of psychopathy - American Psychological …
Mar 1, 2022 · New findings show that people with psychopathy have varying degrees and types of the condition, which may include tendencies such as low empathy and remorse, grandiosity, …
The science behind creativity - American Psychological Association …
Apr 1, 2022 · “The standard definition, that creativity is novel and useful, is a description of a product,” he noted. “By looking inward, we can see the process in action and start to identify …
Bipolar disorder - American Psychological Association (APA)
Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness in which common emotions become intensely and often unpredictably magnified, including manic episodes—abnormally elevated or irritable …
Elements of Personality
Elements of Personality focuses on the four major theoretical approaches to understanding personality: psychodynamic, behavioral and cognitive-behavioral, trait/interpersonal, and …