中国有句话叫:江山易改,本性难移。我们可能以为,人的个性是与生俱来的,比如天生内向或外向。但是科学家经过多年的研究发现,随着时间流逝,人的个性会发生改变,短期内察觉不到,但长期来看很明显。 Photo by Rostyslav Savchyn on Unsplash Between adolescence and adulthood, you go through a host of changes — jobs, regrettable haircuts and relationships that come and go. But what about who you are at your core? As you grow older, does your personality change? 从青少年到成年,你经历了许多改变——换工作、失败的发型和恋情变迁。但是你本质上是一个什么样的人呢?随着年龄增长,你的个性会改变吗? Personality is the pattern of thoughts, feelings and behaviors unique to a person. People tend to think of personality as fixed. But according to psychologists, that's not how it works. "Personality is a developmental phenomenon. It's not just a static thing that you're stuck with and can't get over," said Brent Roberts, a psychologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 个性是一个人特有的思维、感觉和行为模式。人们往往认为个性是固定不变的。但是心理学家表示并非如此。伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-尚佩恩分校的心理学家布伦特·罗伯茨说:“个性是一个发展的现象。它不是一个一成不变、摆脱不了的静态事物。” |