EVANSTON, Ill. --- Northwestern University researchers have sifted through data from more than 1.5 million questionnaire respondents and found at least four distinct clusters of personality types ...

The Greek physician Hippocrates argued that four bodily “humors” shaped human behavior, which, in turn, resulted in four fundamental personality types. Today, people put more faith in Myers-Briggs ...

Ever wondered why some people are natural-born leaders while others are excellent listeners? Or why you thrive in a bustling, crowded room while your friend prefers a quiet corner with a book? The ...

We love to categorize ourselves and others into personality types. Maybe you’re a “Type A.” Or maybe the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator, versions of which many have taken on Facebook, labels you a ...

From the ancient Greeks to Shakespeare to Hollywood, humans have attempted to understand their fellow man through labeling and categorization. There was Hippocrates’s blood, phlegm, yellow and black ...

Some people believe personality is fixed, but more recent research suggests that personality may develop over time and that people’s personality traits can change. Personality types group people into ...

People love taking online quizzes; just ask Buzzfeed and Facebook. A new study has sifted through some of the largest online data sets of personality quizzes and identified four distinct “types” ...

Too few jobseekers, perhaps, stop to consider what field might best suit their personality. If you happen to know your Myers-Briggs personality type, a new report from Resume Genius might have just ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. The report was compiled by analyzing data from the ...

When I meet new people and tell them I was a researcher at eHarmony, it is usually followed by an array of questions, which I always love answering. Part of my responsibilities included developing new ...