Your Personality Can Change

Personality can change. The once accepted idea that an individual's personality is set in stone is, well, changing. "You read about this twin research where these people who have been raised apart have remarkable similarities," said Carol Dweck, a psychologist at Stanford University. "The implication there is that it's all programmed in," that personality is permanently stamped into our genes. Says Dweck, "My point is that there's a really big in-between area that they don't talk about, and these are the crucial beliefs that people develop as they grow and learn," For instance, whether a person views intelligence as a fixed trait or one that can change can greatly impact their "trademark" behaviors. Called fixed or growth mindsets, the two different views of oneself develop early in childhood and can contribute tremendously to personality. This article shares more.

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