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Cognitive curiosity, cognitive ability, melancholy, and introversion predict social psychological skill, a new Yale study shows.
[...] The authors asked more than 1.000 subjects about how people think, act, and feel in social contexts. The two psychologists began the survey [...] by asking: “Can you accurately infer how most people feel, think, and behave in social context?” Gollwitzer and Bargh did a series of experiments to try and identify traits of those who accurately answered the questions.
[...] The key predictors of social psychological skill were the willingness to tackle a complex problem and cognitive ability, the authors claim.
Interestingly, the authors also found that lonely individuals, as well as individuals with lower self-esteem, tended to answer questions more accurately. Likewise, introverts answered more accurately than extroverts.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:42PM
I have to disagree. You're also painting with too broad a brush.
As to such "neurological differences," I'd like to see some data. Have you done any experiments to support your hypothesis? Are you aware of anyone else who has done so? It is an interesting hypothesis, but unless and until there's data to corroborate it, it's just rank speculation on your part.
If not, you're just editorializing. There's nothing wrong with that, per se. However, I've had a much different experience myself.
I take a great deal of satisfaction from internal "rewards," and while it's nice to be recognized by others, I take much more pride in doing the right things for the right reasons -- even if no one else knows about those things or those reasons.
As an extrovert, I'm perfectly fine being alone. I also really enjoy the company of others and have, as I like to put it, an "anal expulsive" personality. As an extrovert, I do sometimes find it draining to "on" for extended periods, and I don't feel drained or unhappy when I'm not.
It's been my experience that everyone is different in how they react to certain stimuli and situations. This is further complicated by the impact of other factors (mental or emotional states, levels of stress in various parts of one's life, good pizza, bad coffee and innumerable other things) on a person's reactions. Even to the point where they behave differently in identical situations.
So until you provide me with some peer-reviewed studies with actual *data* (fMRI? cadaver brain comparisons with comprehensive psychological workups prior to death, and/or goodness know what else) with statistically significant sample sizes, I won't accept your hypothesis. There's just too much variability in behaviors, motivations and reactions, not just between individuals, but within a single individual.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr