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Vogelhuber, Scheelen - What people really want

Both the structure and the resulting functions of the human brain
therefore depend decisively on how and for what purpose the
brain is used, and also on the way in which it was used by a
person in the past. Neurobiologists such as Gerald Hüther
assume that the individual experience of a person has an
influence on the structure of the brain and can therefore also
cause changes. Experiences made in the course of a lifetime are
"structurally anchored in the brain" (Hüther 2016, p. 18). Crucial
for our context is therefore:

The human brain is capable of learning. If you want to
know your personality traits better and change them, for
example, in order to behave in a way that matches the
personality of the person you are talking to, this is
possible.

We are not prisoners of our genes or imprints, but we can adapt
ourselves. The above quoted statement "That's just the way I
am, I can't change, nobody can demand that from me! - it is
no longer valid! According to recent research in the field of
psychology (cf. Specht 2018), our personality changes in
intervals that can be initiated by external or internal influences
and also by individual experiences. Most personality theories
assume that we humans go through different phases of
personality development. Learning from experiences is the
greatest help for the further course of our lives in order to cope
with difficult life situations. Ballier and Wendel put it in a
nutshell:
"It's going to be like a giant Lego building set with lots of

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