What Is An Intelligent Personality?
Some theorists argue that intelligence and socially desirable personality traits naturally go together. However, lay people associate intelligence with a mix of desirable and undesirable personality traits, such as disagreeableness. The relationship between personality and intelligence may be more complicated than is suggested by grand unitary theories. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Scott A. McGreal, MSc. Tags: Evolutionary Psychology Intelligence Personality Source Type: news

The Human Psychology behind Facebook’s Success
Facebook allows us to connect not only with loved ones, but with our fundamental human needs. The same way that grocery stores are habituated into our routine to meet our need for physical sustenance, Facebook has become a daily destination for millions due to its ability to meet our need for psychological fulfillment.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Liraz Margalit, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Cognition Media Personality Source Type: news

Branson's Folly
The normalization of narcissism may be the result of an explosive growth of internet media outlets in which the more excessive - and thus the more pathological the narcissism - the more the person is showered with what narcissists want most: attention. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Captain Tom Bunn, L.C.S.W. Tags: Ethics and Morality Media Personality Branson Crash space Source Type: news

Do You Find Yourself Fantasizing about Other Partners?
When partners in a long-term relationship have fantasies of infidelity, is this the same as actual cheating? It’s possible to be unfaithful in fantasy and still have a rewarding and fulfilling relationship, as long as you understand the origins of your fantasies. They may even benefit your relationship.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D. Tags: Personality Relationships Self-Help Sex cheating fantasy infidelity intimacy love affairs relationship tips sex therapy sexual disorders sexual fantasies Source Type: news

Dressing Up As Someone Else In Order to Discover Who We Are
How disguises help discover a deeper truthread more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - November 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sheila Kohler Tags: Creativity Ethics and Morality Happiness Law and Crime Personality Source Type: news

The Importance of Being Alone
Being alone is often thought of as a negative state of being---that there is something wrong or defective when you are by yourself. Nothing could be further from the truth which is that you need to be alone to truly come to know yourself and what is best for you.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Abigail Brenner, M.D. Tags: Personality Psychiatry Resilience Self-Help being alone compromising in relationship connecting to one ' s inner wisdom loneliness not being taught how to be alone real connection social media someone to complete you taking ris Source Type: news

Introverts' Quick-Start Guide, Part 2
“I wish that the ability to work independently would be celebrated and valued as much as the ability to work in teams,” says Peter Vogt, author of the new book, The Introvert Manifesto. “We have team-building activities, after all, especially on the job. Why not independent work-building activities?”read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nancy Ancowitz Tags: Personality Work flow Introvert Manifesto introverts Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi multitasking overtalk Peter Vogt Teamwork workplace Source Type: news

The Disillusioning Drama of Jian Ghomeshi
If Jian hadn’t been so convincing as a gentle, peace-loving hipster, he might not have found so many alleged “consenting” violent sex partners. Who could have predicted it would take a sex scandal to reveal an ancient deep profound philosophical truth: The shadow side of appearing to be one extreme is that it makes it easier to be the opposite.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Liane Gabora, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics and Morality Personality Philosophy Sex bdsm bondage dominance drug lord Jian Ghomeshi kingpin masochism sadism Sex scandal trafficking Source Type: news

Jealousy Over “Stupid Things” Is Not a Sign of Love
A common misconception is that jealousy is a sign of love. But suspicious jealousy is more about insecurity than love. What does research tell us about the nature of jealousy and how we can cope with it in our own relationships?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 28, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gwendolyn Seidman, Ph.D. Tags: Personality Relationships Self-Help communication coping with jealousy dealing with jealousy paranoid jealousy romantic jealousy self-esteem suspicious jealousy Source Type: news

Prescriptions Without Meds for Anger, Depression and Anxiety
Much has been written of late of the downsides of psychotropic medications. Here's a set of alternatives to taking pills to combat anger, anxiety and depression, the Big Three of negative emotional states. read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 27, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Heitler, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Personality Self-Help Therapy anxiety depression feelings first prescription without meds psychotropic medications anger Source Type: news

Responding to "Borderline" Provocations: Last Part
Being in a relationship with someone with traits of borderline personality disorder is incredibly challenging. In the last part (X) of this series, I discuss: First, when the recommended strategies are not working, what do you do then? Second, if you react badly only rarely, and you will, the person with BPD will escalate. How do you stop that process?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 27, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David M. Allen, M.D. Tags: Personality Relationships Self-Help apology Borderline Personality Disorder dysfunctional relationships interpersonal relationships metacommunication picking fights variable intermittent reinformcement schedule Source Type: news

Dangerous Personalities
Recognizing and responding to people who make us feel uncomfortable.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 26, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Personality Relationships Social Life codependency difficult personalities Source Type: news

ENVY: Bane of Existence or Gift of Nature?
The possibility of the healthy maturation of envy, a novel construct in envy theory, affords those dedicated to resolute self-change the possibility of its healthy transformation. This is a potential gift. The experience of “raw envy,” in this way, morphs into more conscious and complex attitudes that include health-promoting admiration and emulation.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Frank J. Ninivaggi, M.D., F.A.P.A. Tags: Creativity Evolutionary Psychology Personality Psychiatry interpersonal relationship Source Type: news

Narcissists are unpopular...in different ways
Regardless of the first impression narcissists make, over time their nature and personalities come out to the people they know well. Earlier research has shown that narcissists are often disliked by people who know them. A new study looks at two types of narcissism and how that dislike manifests in their social networks.read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer Golbeck, Ph.D. Tags: Personality dislike grandiosity likes narcissism social network vulnerability Source Type: news

Ottawa Parliament Shooter Michael Zehaf-Bibeau
An Islamic State terrorist or an individual pursued by his own demons?read more (Source: Psychology Today Personality Center)
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - October 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Clark McCauley, Ph.D. Tags: Law and Crime Personality Politics Social Life lone-actor lone-wolf political violence terrorism Source Type: news