What do millennials want?

Independence, work-life balance, recognition.

When studying the latest generation to enter adulthood,

psychology professor and author, Gene Twenge, came across some surprising findings.

In this episode, she talks about how and why millennials are changing the meaning of individualism in today's society.

I'm Audrey Hamilton, and this is speaking of psychology.

Thank you. is Speaking of Psychology. Jean Twenge is a professor of psychology at San Diego State University and the author of the best-selling books, Generation

Me and The Narcissism Epidemic. As a consultant, she advises companies and organizations

on the differences between generations, the boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials. Welcome, Dr. Twangy.

Thank you. Millennials, what makes them different from previous generations? What makes them

similar? So let's talk about some of the differences first. So millennials tend to have very

positive views of themselves and are very optimistic about their expectations for their lives.

And they're more likely to say that they're above average compared to their peers.

And they tend to score higher on other measures of positive self-fuse,

like self-esteem and even narcissism.

At the same time, they are more tolerant and less prejudicial than previous generations.

So they support same-sex marriage in a much higher rate than other generations, for example.

And some things we're doing right now, they have a much more egalitarian view of gender roles compared to what, say, boomers did when they were

young back in the 1960s and 70s.

And of course, not everything is going to change over the generations.

Millennials are just as likely as previous generations.

For example, to want to get married and have a family. They're similar in a lot of

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