Personality
What makes you – you? The behaviorists might say that what you think of as your :personaltiy: is nothing more than a collection of behaviors that have been reinforced over the years. Other psychologists argue about how many personality characteristics people have. Are there 16? Or just a “big 5″? Learn more about personality in these episodes.
Episodes
- Episode 107: Freud, Projective Tests and …. Poetry
How do the Rorschach, the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) and the House, Tree, Person tests work? Do you reveal something about yourself when you tell stories about pictures or tell what you see in an inkblot or even when you do something as seemingly innocent as drawing a a picture of a house? Find out in this episode of The Psych Files.
- Episode 82: What’s the Best Personality to be a Waiter?
What kind of personality do you need to be a good waiter/waitress? In a previous episode we talked about the tactics: touching customers, drawing smiley faces on bills, crouching down to the customer’s level, etc. But these strategies don’t always work, so what kind of person do you need to be?
- Episode 35: The Psychology of Extreme Sports
Why do people engage in those dangerous sports like hang gliding, bungee jumping and rock climbing? Would you believe it might have something to do with neurotransmitters and something called Monoamine Oxidase?
- Episode 14: What Does Your Car Say About You?
It is time to take a look at the cars we drive and find out what they say about ourselves – our personalities and our lifestyles.
- Episode 9: How Do You Really Raise Self-Esteem? The Incredibles vs. American Idol
How do you really raise self esteem? This week we take a look at all the talk about young people, narcissism and the self esteem movement. Then we answer the question: how do you raise self esteem?
