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Welingelichte kringen meldt wat Reuters meldt: een onderzoek dat qua opzet gelijkenissen vertoont met het vleeshufter-onderzoek van Stapel en Vonk toont aan dat mensen die wat zoets gegeten hebben aardig en behulpzaam zijn. Over de persoonlijke eigenschappen van zuur, zout en bitter liefhebbers durven ze nog niets te zeggen.
Reutersrapporteert het nieuws als volgt:
Scientists in the United States found that a liking for sweeter foods is an indication that a person is more agreeable and helpful, but not extroverted or neurotic.
"It is striking that helpful and friendly people are considered 'sweet' because taste would seem to have little in common with personality or behavior," said Brian Meiers, a psychology professor at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania.
"Our taste studies controlled for positive mood so the effects we found are not due to the happy or rewarding feeling one may have after eating a sweet food."
Taste is a recognizable sense that can be used in describing personality traits. With this in mind, the researchers wanted to see if having a preference for sweets was an embodiment metaphor, a connection between thoughts and our body's behavior.
In one of five studies involving more than 500 people researchers from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, St. Xavier University in Chicago and North Dakota State University showed that people who ate a piece of chocolate rather than a non-sweet food were more likely to volunteer and help another person in need.
In another study they found that people also associate having a sweet tooth with a pleasant disposition. The participants were shown photos of people with neutral facial expressions, but with comments under the pictures that would say, for example, that they liked eating chocolate.
"People rated those associated with sweet food higher in agreeableness," Meiers said.
The research, which is published in the Journal of Personality Social Psychology, focused on sweetness and agreeability. The scientists said they could not comment on the other tastes such as bitterness or spiciness.
Het Reuters-commentaar sluit af met de opmerking dat sociale psychologie de afgelopen jaren steeds meer naar conceptuele metaforen zoekt waarin gedrag een lichamelijke vorm kan worden gegeven.
Mensen met gevoel voor humor zouden kunnen concluderen dat wereldvrede wordt bereikt door snoepjes etende vegetariers. Volgens sociaal psychologen die geloven in onderzoek met plaatjes dan.
Onder voedingsfysiologen wordt suiker gezien als een mogelijke oorzaak voor agressief gedrag.
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Scientists in the United States found that a liking for sweeter foods is an indication that a person is more agreeable and helpful, but not extroverted or neurotic.
"It is striking that helpful and friendly people are considered 'sweet' because taste would seem to have little in common with personality or behavior," said Brian Meiers, a psychology professor at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania.
"Our taste studies controlled for positive mood so the effects we found are not due to the happy or rewarding feeling one may have after eating a sweet food."
Taste is a recognizable sense that can be used in describing personality traits. With this in mind, the researchers wanted to see if having a preference for sweets was an embodiment metaphor, a connection between thoughts and our body's behavior.
In one of five studies involving more than 500 people researchers from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, St. Xavier University in Chicago and North Dakota State University showed that people who ate a piece of chocolate rather than a non-sweet food were more likely to volunteer and help another person in need.
In another study they found that people also associate having a sweet tooth with a pleasant disposition. The participants were shown photos of people with neutral facial expressions, but with comments under the pictures that would say, for example, that they liked eating chocolate.
"People rated those associated with sweet food higher in agreeableness," Meiers said.
The research, which is published in the Journal of Personality Social Psychology, focused on sweetness and agreeability. The scientists said they could not comment on the other tastes such as bitterness or spiciness.
Het Reuters-commentaar sluit af met de opmerking dat sociale psychologie de afgelopen jaren steeds meer naar conceptuele metaforen zoekt waarin gedrag een lichamelijke vorm kan worden gegeven.
Mensen met gevoel voor humor zouden kunnen concluderen dat wereldvrede wordt bereikt door snoepjes etende vegetariers. Volgens sociaal psychologen die geloven in onderzoek met plaatjes dan.
Onder voedingsfysiologen wordt suiker gezien als een mogelijke oorzaak voor agressief gedrag.
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