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One of them was Carl Jung, who proposed psychological “types” that inspired the popular test known as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Are psychoanalytic theories of personality still used?

A pair of psychologists in the U.K. report that there is no scientific basis for the idea that personality traits influence what people see first in ambiguous images on the internet. In their study, ...

A range of theories of personality have been proposed ... increased social sensitivity) in their personality test scores as they grow older. It may even be possible to deliberately change aspects ...

Stanton, K., Gillikin, L., Willis, L., Woods-Gonzalez, R., Myntti, W., Paige, C., Levin-Aspenson, H. F., McDonnell, C. G., & Emery, N. N. (In press). Understanding ...

Based on Jung's concepts of introversion and extroversion and his theory of personality types, US mother and daughter team Myers and Briggs created the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality ...

One way to determine whether that is the case is by taking a career test to understand your personality type. A career test or assessment is a tool that generally uses questions to help you gain ...

"For me, it was a fun paper to work on because the theory was really driving the work," he said. Previous studies that examined the relationship between depression and personality found that ...

Objective The purpose of the present study was to conduct a process analysis of the effects of personality on physical activity intention and behaviour using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB).