What are some psychology facts about personality?

 

Interesting Psychological Facts About Personality

Birth Order

Are you the firstborn or last born? Studies indicate that the order you are born in can influence the type of personality you will have. It is common for firstborn children to be more responsible and better leaders while last-born children will have a more carefree personality who is more irresponsible and impulsive.

Quality of life

Your personality can have an effect on your quality of life. Optimist personalities tend to have a higher quality of life while pessimists have a lower quality of life.

Personality changes as you age

When you get older, there are three changes your personality goes through. You become more conscientious and agreeable and are less moody or neurotic. Overall, as you get older, you become a nicer person.

Food preferences

What you like to eat can tell others about your personality. Individuals who like bitter tasting foods tend to have a more narcissistic personality. Those who dislike bitter foods are often more agreeable.

Daydreaming

Some people are considered daydreamers, where their mind is always wandering, the truth is everyone is guilty of daydreaming. Throughout the day your mind will wander 30% of the time, some individuals may wander more than this. Those individuals who daydream more often than others are often better at solving problems and tend to be more creative.

Personality and illness

If you have a more aggressive personality, then there's a good chance you may be at a higher risk for heart disease. Individuals with neurotic personalities are more likely to suffer from arthritis, ulcers, asthma, headaches and heart disease.

The way you dress has a connection with your mood.

It is not just in the color that you choose to wear. Dressing well could also help in keeping you stable and happy.

Food made by someone else tastes better than your own cooking, despite having the same recipe.

A study found that making a meal requires you to stand around it so long that it already feels less appealing by eating time. Hence, your satisfaction decreases subsequently.

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