Carl Smith
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508 appearances
10 recordings
2 series
first heard Oct 2018
last heard Sep 2020
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Claire Sutherland says there is some encouraging news on this issue, though.
All of the researchers I talked to for this episode reiterated that we need more diverse samples of people and more cross-cultural analysis in this field of research to better understand such dynamics.
But what does all this mean for our first impressions and understanding how we perceive strangers?
Anna Buchler-Reitig says rather than letting first impressions shape our judgments, a better option is trying to find a moment to step into the other's shoes.
Claire Sutherland says first impressions are so fraught that it might not be worth trusting them much at all.
This is an ABC podcast.
Hey Sunna.
Yeah, so last time I mentioned that I'd had some positive experiences with boredom during this long stretch of isolation, and I could sometimes land on an experience that felt a bit like daydreaming, or maybe what the Dutch call Nixon.
But you haven't had that kind of positive experience, have you?
So today we're going to take a closer look at the traits that might help us experience more of the benefits of boredom.
First though, it might seem like a simple question, but do people experience boredom differently?
Here's Dr.
Sandy Mann, psychologist at the University of Central Lancashire and author of the book, The Science of Boredom: Why Boredom is Good.
The boredom proneness scale asks you to rate how much you agree with statements like, time always seems to be passing slowly, or I find it easy to entertain myself, or, in any situation, I can usually find something to do or see to keep me interested.
By tallying up your score, you can rate how prone to boredom you are.
And according to Professor Thomas Goetz, psychologist and boredom researcher at the University of Vienna, some small studies have found a connection between boredom proneness and several personality traits.
Professor Gutz has classified five different types of boredom you might feel in any given moment, ranging from quite negative to slightly positive feelings.
But he says any boredom is always an interplay between your boredom proneness, your personality, your environment, how you're feeling that day, and probably many other factors.
But I I would imagine that no one is immune to boredom, even if you're not very boredom prone, there'd be certain situations where you would still find something quite dull.
So it seems there is variation between how people experience boredom, and that is at least partly linked to aspects of your personality, in particular how inherently prone to boredom you are.
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