Extraverts May Have A Skewed View Of Social Circles
- 9 years ago
Researchers at Dartmouth recently expanded upon the idea of the ‘friendship paradox’ by throwing a particular personality type into the equation – extraverts.
Years ago, social scientists mathematically confirmed that you’re not imagining it – your friends really have more friends than you do.
It’s called the ‘friendship paradox’ and it comes down to simple matters of math and averages, especially if there’s a popular person in the mix the numbers start to skew.
Researchers at Dartmouth recently expanded upon that idea by throwing a particular personality type into the equation – extraverts.
They found that among the outgoing sorts, the paradox is even more pronounce
Years ago, social scientists mathematically confirmed that you’re not imagining it – your friends really have more friends than you do.
It’s called the ‘friendship paradox’ and it comes down to simple matters of math and averages, especially if there’s a popular person in the mix the numbers start to skew.
Researchers at Dartmouth recently expanded upon that idea by throwing a particular personality type into the equation – extraverts.
They found that among the outgoing sorts, the paradox is even more pronounce