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Yale Study: Sad, Lonely Introverts Are Natural Born Social Psychologists

posted by chromas on Tuesday March 20 2018, @11:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the sad-crying-clown-in-an-iron-lung dept.

MrPlow writes:

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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.

Source: https://www.inquisitr.com/4829590/yale-study-sad-lonely-introverts-are-natural-born-social-psychologists/

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday March 21 2018, @09:07PM (3 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday March 21 2018, @09:07PM (#656341) Journal

    Sorry? I'm not getting the connection there. In case you were wondering, I'm 6' and 161lb at last weigh-in.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday March 22 2018, @01:11AM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 22 2018, @01:11AM (#656414) Journal

    LMAO

    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday March 22 2018, @02:07AM (1 child)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday March 22 2018, @02:07AM (#656437) Journal

      Doubtful, dear Runaway. You'd need to laugh longer than your own projected remaining lifespan. Care to share with the class what your original intention was?

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      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday March 22 2018, @02:21AM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 22 2018, @02:21AM (#656445) Journal

        Did you really look at the image in the link? Maybe you need to look back at our exchanges, wherein I outright informed you that I was trolling you, but you continued to take things seriously. At least two of our peers "got it" and modded that link "funny".