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As previously mentioned, I've been taking a Social Psychology class on Coursera. It's fascinating, especially how much we love ourselves.
In fact, we exhibit a thing called "implicit egotism," which means we like what we associate with ourselves. And, it's more than just liking people that went to the same college or are from the same home town...
Here's some crazy examples of implicit egotism:
- We are more likely to marry someone with the same initials or similar sounding names
- Men named "Jack" are 2.2x more likely to live in Jacksonville
- Men named "Phillip" are 10.4x more likely to live in Philadelphia
- Dentists are 2x more likely to be named Dennis & 2.5x more likely to be named Denise
- When shown 2 self-portraits (the actual picture & the mirror version), most prefer the mirror version. For other women, we prefer the actual picture.
Isn't that wild?
Very very true. It is no coincdence. May be some intrinsic factors contribute.
ReplyDeleteI find social psychology full of interesting bits of information.
DeleteMy name is Tamara Sanderson. I do really like photography -- maybe it's partially due to my name sounding like camera, who knows.
There r many. Shanon & Toms son named SHANTO
ReplyDeleteIn the vicinity of St. Sebastisn church, boys are Sebastian, Bastian or Sebi. There are many like that. It will be a interesting study.