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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Every time we open our mouths, we unwittingly reveal our personalities.
If you overheard a conversation on a bus, do you think you could tell from the words that were used and the topics discussed, the personality of the people who were chatting? What about if I showed you a short story? Could you glean something about the character of the author from their language?
We're often reminded "choose your words carefully" – well it turns out the words themselves may reveal far more than what we're actually trying to say. There's mounting evidence that our personality is written, quite literally, in the language that we use, from the tweets we send to our choice of email address.
Not all findings are particularly surprising. Those who score highly on extroversion really are a lot louder and chattier than their more introverted peers. They also tend to speak more quickly. Female extroverts, but not males, are more likely to have group chats, while introvert men (but not women) spend more time talking to themselves.
But introverts and extroverts also use language very differently. A few years ago, a group of researchers led by Camiel Beukeboom at VU University, Amsterdam, asked a group of 40 volunteers to look at photos of different social situations and describe out loud what was going on. They found that extroverts' language tended to be more abstract and "loose", while introverts spoke in more concrete terms. In other words, introverts tend to be a lot more specific.
Extroverts say: "This article is excellent"
Introverts say: "This article is very informative"
In line with this, other research has found that introverts tend to use more articles (the/a) – which, by definition, refer to individual objects or events. They also tend to be more cautious in their language: that is, they use more hedging (perhaps, maybe), and more quantifiable terms, such as referring to specific numbers.
Extroverts say: "Let's get some food"
Introverts say: "Perhaps we could go for a sandwich"
All of this makes psychological sense. Most extroverts enjoy the fast life, being more likely to drink, sleep around and take risks than introverts; every time they open their mouths, too, extroverts are prepared to take greater risks with the accuracy, spontaneity and reach of what they say.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @10:14PM (5 children)
You are an extravert/introvert based on your behavior, no? And what and how you say are a large and important part of your behavior. Of course your manner of speech reflects your personality type.
Another brilliant psychological finding.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @11:48PM (3 children)
I would have thought this was the level of philosophical navel gazing in average intellect level younger 20 somethings that wish to appear smart, but in order to pull it off in front of insecure friends, had to first read the musings of something akin to what we'd find in the friend making section of Cosmopolitan. "be careful of how you place an order with your friends because a Taurus will be at opposition to you unless you choose your words well"
Maybe they'd say Bazinga or something too, as sort of like a value meal kind of add on to the phrases spoken, to emulate wisdom that in turn is just average people pretending to be smart anyway...
(Score: 4, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Monday July 24 2017, @02:24AM (2 children)
I've never been impressed by navel gazing. People come up to me. Women, and some men. And they tell me I'm extroverted. Always, always they say I'm extroverted. The biggest extrovert there is. Which according to navel gazers is a good thing. Very good for getting ahead in life. So I take the compliment. What can you do? You take the compliment. But they're wrong. The truth is, I'm definitely introverted. Always have been. Those navel gazers don't even know where my navel is. They're looking too low. Looking at my whatever. Frankly, it's a little bit rude. And they see it's the biggest there is. So they tell me I'm the biggest "extrovert". But my navel isn't extroverted, it's introverted. I'm an introvert but I think I've done very well in life. Navel gazing is easy to understand, but people are doing it wrong. And I don't think there's much to it. I think it's a bunch of bunk. Like climate change. I think it's bullshit. But navel gazing is different from climate change. Because it's not expensive. Not a form of tax. I know much about climate change. If there were environmental awards, I'd receive them. And I often joke that this is done for the benefit of China. Obviously, I joke. But this is done for the benefit of China, because China does not do anything to help climate change. They burn everything you could burn; they couldn't care less. They have very, you know, their standards are nothing. But they, in the meantime, they can undercut us on price. So it's very hard on our business. It's a very, very expensive hoax. And it's ruining our industry. Especially our coal industry. Our beautiful, beautiful coal industry. Shameful! 🇺🇸
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @02:55AM
Yo daughter is pretty hot, did you bang her (yet)?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @06:42PM
can we point at this and say "Bazinga"?
(Score: 2) by aclarke on Monday July 24 2017, @02:45PM
This is the first post in here where I've seen "extravert" spelled "correctly". Granted I only took Psych 101 and stopped there, and it was a long time ago, but I didn't realize most people spell it with an o.
I'll stick with Jung [scientificamerican.com] on this one.