Why we Enjoy Horror Films
[Phone rings]. We are all thinking it: don’t answer the phone!Still, the protagonist ignores our desperate pleas for escape and picks up the handset. Trembling, she hears a low, insidious…
Personality
Sensation Seeking Women And Dark Triad Men
Another interesting piece of research from the Evolutionary Psychology team at Liverpool University (and colleagues) was published recently. The aim was to investigate whether or not women differ in their…
Drunk Personalities
As psychology students we have all learnt, or at least have some knowledge that there are different personality types. However, you have probably not heard of the different types of…
What Happens When A Narcissistic Female Is Told “No”?
Summary: A new study by Victoria Blinkhorn, Minna Lyons, and Louise Almond, at the University of Liverpool, suggests that narcissistic women are just as likely as narcissistic men to engage in serious and…
Is Your Boss A Psychopath?
So you think that psychopaths are murderous, axe-wielding maniacs, as depicted in films such as American Psycho and Silence of the Lambs? Think again. According to personality psychology research, psychopathy…