In this episode, I spoke to Professor Eric Brown about the plethora of psychology misconceptions in our culture, and the role of misleading pop science articles in spreading these false ideas. Together, we discussed two psychology articles about the connection between wealth and personality. 

Here are links to the articles we discussed:

From Inc.com: Want to Get Rich? Science Says People Most Likely to Build Wealth Possess 5 Personality Traits: https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/want-to-get-rich-science-says-people-most-likely-to-build-exceptional-wealth-possess-5-fundamental-personality-traits.html

From the British Journal of Psychology: The rich are different: Unravelling the perceived and self-reported personality profiles of high-net-worth individuals (you may need to log in with your STCC credentials for access: https://login.ezproxystcc.helmlib.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=139102654&site=ehost-live

Ep. 9: "Science Says" Articles and Psychology Misconceptions, with Eric Brown

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