Dear MEL Topic Readers,
‘Cool’ people tend to have these six things in common, study finds
Who do you consider a cool person? Do you think he or she is a good
person? Why do you think someone is cool and others are not? To answer these
questions, researchers conducted large-scale experiments with 6,000 people in
12 countries, including Australia, Chile, Mexico, the USA, China, South Korea, India,
Turkey, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, and Germany. They asked the participants
about a person whom they perceived to be cool, uncool, good, or not good. The
researchers found that the respondents perceived cool people were more extroverted,
hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open, and autonomous than those whom they
considered to be good or favorable, regardless of the person’s age or gender. Also,
the participants considered a good person to be calm, conscientious,
universalistic, agreeable, warm, secure, traditional, and conforming, mostly opposite
traits of a cool person. You can think of political leaders, billionaires, or movie
stars who appear to be cool and exciting but are not so good or conscientious. Are
cool people also narcissists?
Read the article and think about who or what kind of person you think
is cool.
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