Why You Are Who You Are: Investigations into Human Personality

Why You Are Who You Are: Investigations into Human Personality « Series from 2025

Series from 2025

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Examine differences in people’s personalities, where these differences come from, and how they shape our lives. Drawing on research in psychology, neuroscience, and genetics, Professor Mark R.

Leary opens the door to understanding how personality works and why. These fascinating, accessible lectures will have you thinking differently about what makes you the person you are.

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What Is Personality?

Key Traits: Extraversion and Neuroticism

Are You Agreeable? Conscientious? Open?

Basic Motives Underlying Behavior

Intrapersonal Motives

Positive and Negative Emotionality

Differences in Emotional Experience

Values and Moral Character

Traits That Shape How You Think

Beliefs about the World and Other People

Beliefs about Yourself

Personality and Social Relationships

Consistency and Stability of Personality

Evolution and Human Nature

Personality and the Brain

Genetic Influences on Personality

Learning to Be Who You Are

How Culture Influences Personality

Nonconscious Aspects of Personality

Personality and Self-Control

When Personalities Become Toxic

Avoidance, Paranoia, and Other Disorders

The Enigma of Being Yourself

The Well-Adjusted Personality