Roots of Drahhhmaaaah: EXPOSED

[decodelighted]

Interesting article on email miscommunication ...

"In a study in the December Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 89, No. 5, pages 925–936), they find that people overestimate both their ability to convey their intended tone–be it sarcastic, serious or funny–when they send an e-mail, as well as their ability to correctly interpret the tone of messages others send to them.

The reason for this communication disconnect, the researchers find, is egocentrism–the well-established social psychological phenomenon whereby people have a difficult time detaching themselves from their own perspectives and understanding how other people will interpret them."

Rest of article here:

http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb06/egos.html

 

[Mara]

deco, your post really offended me!! what are you trying to say?

 

[Mara]

kidding of course, i could not resist given the nature of the thread,,, hahah!!

 

[decodelighted]

Date: 2/7/2006 12:59:42 AM
Author: Mara
what are you trying to say?

If the bling fits ....

But seriously, I know e-mail & posts often lack clear tone or intent, but I never realized how much of that was because of our own attachment to our own "filters" or, gasp, egocentrism.

Guess it''s not suprising though. I''ve noticed how often others, and myself, almost instinctively push our own agendas. Reinforcing that our own decisions have been "correct" or at least well-thought out. Our vendor is the best. Our size is right (or right for right now

) Our bands'' width is the most safe/flattering/blingy. It''s completely natural & normal to think that way ... this article just had a way of stating it that rang true - thought others might appreciate it!

 

[FireGoddess]

Date: 2/7/2006 12:59:42 AM
Author: Mara
deco, your post really offended me!! what are you trying to say?

Okay, I actually laughed out loud at that.

 

[strmrdr]

:}
thats what smileys were invented for. ;p
0:} >:}

 

[blodthecat]

Hi Deco,

Thanks for that post.....it''s something i have never thought about, but it''s true.

Blod

 

[sarita]

Word.

 

[moon river]

Date: 2/7/2006 2:03:05 AM
Author: strmrdr
:}
thats what smileys were invented for. ;p
0:} >:}

They need a ''SMART A$$'' smiley

 

[kaylagee]

true dat. true dat.