Explore the vast world of different and colorful personality traits.
A person with a bubbly personality bubbles with enthusiasm, energy, joy, and laughter. They’re lively, animated, and effervescent. Their warm and shiny personality draws people to them like bees to nectar. Bubbly people are usually extroverts, but introverts can become bubbly too when they’re with the right people. In this article, however, we focus our …
In-laws are known to cause problems. It’s a universal phenomenon. When we come across universal human traits, we can be sure genetics has a vital role to play. Like many other animals, humans obtain love, care, and support from genetically close relatives. The more your genetically close relative helps you, the more they’re helping their …
Sociopaths are antisocial people who are willing to harm others for selfish gain. They show a chronic pattern of antisocial behaviors and are likely to become criminals. Sociopathy emerges in early childhood, suggesting it has more to do with genes than the environment. Also, there have been cases of acquired sociopathy after damage to specific …
We can broadly classify people into three types based on how they approach conflicts: 1. Conflict avoidants These are people who try to avoid all conflicts. This is generally a poor strategy and shows weakness. 2. Neutral personalities People who only pick conflicts that are worth picking. They understand some battles are worth fighting and …
Masculinity and femininity exist on a spectrum. While most men are masculine, there are some that have feminine tendencies and some that are ultra-masculine. Similarly, most women are feminine, some have masculine tendencies, and some are ultra-feminine. Levels of masculinity and femininity, like sexual orientation, are set before birth. Long story short, how masculine or …
I don’t know about you, but I enjoy spending time with people who are smarter than me. To do this, I have to actively scan my social circle for low-intelligence people and limit my association with them. So, I thought an article that lists the major signs of low intelligence would be a nice idea. …
Humility can be defined as being free from pride and arrogance. Society values humility as a personality trait. Hence, people have the incentive to display humility to be seen as valuable by others. This leads some to display humility when, in fact, they don’t really feel humble. False humility is displaying humility when you’ve got …
When we need to make decisions or solve problems, we use two types of thinking. The first is subconscious, fast, and intuitive thinking (System 1) and the other is conscious, analytical, and deliberate thinking (System 2). All of us use both rational and intuitive thinking, but some of us lean more on the intuitive side …
In this article, I’ll do a little character analysis of Gregory House, a character from a popular TV show called House MD. House MD is a TV series about an antisocial, unorthodox doctor who’s a brilliant diagnostician and has masterly people reading skills. The series is very well written and has incredible Mark Twain-esque and …
Is it true that we are all the same? Or are we all different? People seem to argue on this topic endlessly. Consider the following scenarios: He says he doesn’t want attention. But did you look at his face when he was called up to speak? He clearly loved the attention. We all love attention. …