New research finds that while people often agree on what a tattoo says about someone’s personality, those judgments are usually wrong. The study reveals a consistent gap between how tattoos are perceived and the actual personalities of their wearers.
The meat of the article: "Overall, people were fairly consistent in how they judged tattoos. Raters tended to agree with one another about what certain tattoo features might suggest about personality. For instance, cheerful and colorful tattoos were linked to impressions of higher agreeableness. Large, traditional-looking tattoos were associated with higher extraversion. Tattoos that appeared low in quality or included death imagery led raters to perceive the wearer as more neurotic or less agreeable.
However, these judgments were largely inaccurate. When the researchers compared how participants were rated with how they described themselves, most of the links between tattoo features and personality fell apart. Except for one pattern: people who had tattoos described by raters as “wacky” were somewhat more likely to score higher on openness to experience in their self-assessments"
Thanks. Sounds like I can get over my introvertedness by getting a “wacky” to
What a let down. Comparing to how people view themselves doesn’t tell is much. People are notoriously bad at self reflection.
“We surveyed the mother-in-laws and high-school bullies of our participants to gauge personality traits.”
If you drive a big truck around people are gonna assume you’re a douche. Humanity is weird.
Yes, but only because everyone I’ve known with a jacked up truck also has a jacked up personality.
While there is crossover without a doubt, the checked up trucks that are often but, importantly, not always caked in mud are much more likely to be the guys that will help you out without asking for more than asking you what the hell happened here?
It’s the difference between people who buy them just to show off, and those who buy them to have fun with them.