There are 8 billion people in the world - does every single one of them really have a unique personality? Or are there patterns of behaviour and traits we see across different individuals? A lot of great minds have put their creativity and Type A selves into the task of defining what personality is and how to determine an individual’s make up. In this episode, we go over it, from Freud deciding if you have an oral fixation, to Carl Jung classifying people in eight groups, and what psychologists use now: the Big 5 Personality Factors.
Here’s the transcription and links for this episode: https://mostlyawkwardpod.com/blog/science-behind-personality.