Category: 15. Human Analysis

There has been a recent boom in research on how people attribute social characteristics to others based on the appearance of faces—independent of cues about age, gender, race, or ethnicity. (At least, as independent as possible.) The results seem to offer some intriguing insight, claiming that people are generally pretty good at predicting who is, for example, trustworthy, competent, introverted or extroverted, based entirely on facial structure. There is strong agreement across studies as to what facial attributes mean what to people, as illustrated in renderings throughout this article. But it’s, predictably, not at all so simple.

Click The Introverted Face – The Atlantic for the rest of the article

Travel: Nonsense: or “How to Deal With Rude Airplane Seat Recliners” | Time Magazine

“Perhaps the only thing more frustrating than shrinking leg room on airplanes is when a passenger reclines their seat, further encroaching on already tight space. While the impulse is understandable, the shift in angle can lead to severe discomfort. So what should you do when someone decides to lean back into your knees or laptop…

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“…Surprisingly, the people taking part in the study were pretty accurate when it came to spotting the narcissists just from their eyebrows.

Participants were given photos of people who had been given the Narcissistic Personality Inventory – a widely-used test that identifies various levels of grandiose narcissism. Some of the photos were of narcissists, some weren’t – and participants were asked to pick out who was who.
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Cara Delevingne is known for her distinctive brows – although we’re not saying she’s a narcissist!

Once they’d done that, they were then given the same pictures with all of the eyebrows photoshopped out (which sounds more ‘freaky’ than ‘fleeky’). Suddenly, they were stuck – they couldn’t identify who the narcissists were anymore…”

Click Does having thick eyebrows make you a narcissist? – BBC Three for the rest of the article.

Cognition: “Why Making Decisions Stresses Some People Out” [Mental Floss]

“Canadian researchers have identified a common, avoidable stressor in some people’s decision-making process: Fear of a Better Option (FOBO). The team published their research online this month in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.” Click http://mentalfloss.com/article/92651/why-making-decisions-stresses-some-people-out for the rest of the article.

Personality Types: Enneagram: The >Negatives< of the Type Four and Type Five Personalities (Two Videos)

Man… as a 4w5 / 5w4 dual-personality type, these two videos were really hard to hear at times. He does exaggerate at times, and I definitely disagree with him at times (especially on certain social/religious/political points), but honesty dictates that he is incredibly spot on in his overall assessment of the core types (though I…

Personality Types: Enneagram: 5 wings: 5w4 (Focus): Investigator Individualist: Introverted Introverts

As an adult, I’ve identified and tested most heavily as a 4w5 (four with five wing) though have very strong 5w4 (five with four wing) tendencies; basically a 60/40 split with a public persona matching more closely with a 5w4 but a private one leaning more in the 4×5 direction. Humming aside………….. she gives some…

Personality Types: How To Read Anyone’s Personality | The Somatotype Theory

Remember, these are generalisations; however, generalisations, for the most part, can be quite accurate when it comes to common trends and proclivities. Regarding the pre-Somatotype commentary, I am not as familiar with this line of typing, not sure how accurate it is, but it is interesting. Regarding the Somatotype argument (starting about halfway in at…