Could personality explain more than a diagnosis?
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In another what-we’re-thinking-about-this-week episode, the docs revisit the topic of the Big 5 Personality factors, also known as the Five Factor Model of Personality. Where do you fall on a continuum for each of these traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and (the unfortunately named) neuroticism? Could variations in this set of universal traits do a better job of explaining why we act the way we do than a laundry list of psychiatric diagnoses? And why on earth are we suddenly stanning for horoscopes? Plus, is this a new segment called, what made us mad on social media this week? Mentioned in this episode: Personality: What makes you the way you are by Daniel Nettle This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit honestpsychpod.substack.com/subscribe
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