Does Name Influence Personality? Does Name influence personality? Some researchers have found an unusual association between the name of a person and his/her personality. They even go so far as to say that people with the same names seem to have similar personalities. Turner (2009) observes that Levitt (2005) theorizes that one’s name can affect
Does Character Change Over Time? Does character change over time? And while personality traits are relatively stable over time, they can and often do gradually change across the life span. What’s more, those changes are usually for the better. Many studies, including some of my own, show that most adults become more agreeable, conscientious and
Do We All Have Multiple Personalities? Do we all have multiple personalities? MYTH: Dissociative identity disorder isn’t real It’s also not exceedingly rare – DID may affect up to 1.5% of the population. “DID is very real and often frequently missed by health care professionals. This is due to a lack of understanding, education, training,