Psycological study.

[lntoxicating]

Psychologists in America have documented an unusual form of egocentrism that affects us all. University students who were asked to judge how high an unencumbered women would be able to jump, made lower estimates when they had weights attached to their own ankles, compared with when they didn't.

Veronica Ramenzoni and colleagues interpreted their finding in terms of Gibson's ecological theory of perception. This is the idea that our perception of the world is intimately affected by what we are capable of doing in it. The new finding suggests our assessment of how we can act in a given environment biases our judgement of how other people will be able to act too.

Participants indicated their own and the woman's maximum jump height by adjusting the height of a plastic cylinder suspended from a pulley. Half the participants made this estimate twice: once stood stationary with ankle weights on, and then again after walking for five minutes with the weights on. The participants' second estimate was lower for both themselves and, importantly, for the woman (even though she wore no weights).

"...observers apprehend the actions afforded themselves and another actor by the layout of environmental surfaces with regard to their own capacity to produce action," the researchers said. In other words, the burden of the ankle weights led these participants to perceive the cylinder as higher - a bias that affected their estimate of their own jumping ability and also the woman's.

The other half of the participants served as a control group. They didn't wear weights but they did do the walking. Their jump estimates, for themselves and the woman, were the same before and after the walking.

to sum it all up: Just because you're an anti-social failure at life, doesn't mean everyone is. :nice:

[ya im chase]

lol so many people like that on the internet.

Deep down they all know it

[Stand]

I want to be cool and say tl dr. But I did read it, interesting stuff.

Human Nature?

[Adolesc3nt]

I am cool. tl;dr

[lntoxicating]

It is human nature. It's quite interesting, as well. It reminds me of all the times I've seen people post, "LOL YOU NERD SIT HOME PLAY RS ALL DAY FAT ASS." And makes me think about how many of those people are only displaying their own insecurities because of the fact that's exactly what they do.

Was an insightful read, at any rate. Too bad you're too cool to read, sky pilot. Lol.

[Casey`]

Yeah it really is quite interesting to see them do this. Thing is, MOST of them are 13-14 years old and will do anything to defend their lame points, then get angry and start venting there frustration with insults they can come up with that they've apparently heard before. :L

[Gareth l Rare]

wait? Im confuzzled

what has that article got to do with lil 13/14 year olds who flame and have no life.... It documents a study at a university.  o.O

[lntoxicating]

Yeah it really is quite interesting to see them do this. Thing is, MOST of them are 13-14 years old and will do anything to defend their lame points, then get angry and start venting there frustration with insults they can come up with that they've apparently heard before. :L

I agree. This is a prime example of the study shown: http://www.foe-rs.com/forums/index.php?topic=15589.0

It's amazing how things like that fall into place, lol.

[gfdgfd]

wait? Im confuzzled

what has that article got to do with lil 13/14 year olds who flame and have no life.... It documents a study at a university.  o.O

He was referring to Intoxicating's post before, about people on here, or on runescape. The case was about the fact that people tend to think that because they themselves do something, that other people are that way too.

[Cal]

Lol says alot

[Archryda]

oh i see.