#39 Life events and personality change with Wiebke Bleidorn and Chris Hopwood
Many lay people and scientists think that life events can change personality traits. But proving or disproving this has been surprisingly challenging. Wiebke Bleidorn and Chris Hopwood are among the l...
22 Des 202342min
#38 How to do the most good? Effective altruism, animals, and future risks with Lucius Caviola
In this episode, Lucius Caviola discusses his psychological research on effective altruism and how people can be encouraged to give more effectively. You can try out effective giving yourself using hi...
28 Nov 202337min
#37 Sense of purpose with Gabrielle Pfund
Have you ever pondered about your purpose? In this episode, we talked with Gabrielle Pfund about sense of purpose. What does it mean to have a sense of purpose, how can we measure it, and how is it re...
27 Okt 202327min
#36 Personality change interventions with Mathias Allemand, Gabriel Olaru, and Christoph Flückiger
There is a lot of interest in the idea that people can voluntarily change their personality traits. René Mõttus talks to Mathias Allemand, Gabriel Olaru, and Christoph Flückiger about personality chan...
17 Okt 202344min
#35 Personality and aging with Flavia Chereches, Denis Gerstorf, Eileen Graham, and Dan Mroczek
In this episode, Lisanne de Moor talks with four researchers in the field of personality and aging about common trends in personality change into old age, antecedents and consequences thereof and, mos...
25 Sep 202356min
#34 Goals and motivations with Marie Hennecke and Jana Nikitin
In this episode, Marie Hennecke and Jana Nikitin talk about their research on goals and motivations. Specifically, they discuss why goals and motivations are important, how they change across the life...
25 Aug 202334min
#33 Paper Spotlight with Emily Willroth
What is a good life? And can people have it? A recent European Journal of Personality paper authored by Emily Willroth and colleagues explored this question among U.S. Americans and Japanese, and also...
25 Jul 202310min
#32 Narrative identity with Jonathan Adler, Kate McLean, and Monisha Pasupathi
In this episode, Lisanne de Moor talks with three experts on what narrative identity is, what important contributions it makes to the field of personality psychology, and what is needed to further adv...
29 Jun 202340min
