In last Friday’s column, I shared the first three stages of personality development by Erick Erickson (1902-1994.) I believe that parents can use his psychosocial stages of development as a guide in ...

Personality can change, and it can be changed by one’s work experiences. In a previous blog post, Dr. Lena Wang and I discussed why personality can change, how our work experiences can shape ...

We human beings have a keen interest in observing and learning about one another—an interest that psychologists now trace back to our evolutionary roots. Among our ancestors, those who paid attention ...