Do you like to analyze people?
By snafushe
@snafushe (791)
Canada
December 15, 2009 4:35pm CST
Maybe it's just me as I am getting my psychology degree, but I like to analyze people. I do it a lot and sometimes it can get me into trouble. It seems though it is a lot harder to analyze yourself, as you have to realize your faults. Do you ever try to figure someone out, or analyze them?
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@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
16 Dec 09
Seems odd that you're getting a psychology degree when you said before that you are good at crunching numbers. I would have thought that you were going into the accounting field.
I too like to analyze people. I work in an area where I need to get things done from people who don't work under me. So, I analyze people, get their weekness, instill a sense of camaraderie, then Ka-PoW! I ask them to do stuff for me. Hehe 
@snafushe (791)
• Canada
16 Dec 09
I am taking a lot of different things, I can't make up my mind on what I want to be! So I am taking accounting and psychology and I might even take a registered nurse course. I can't decide. My parents are paying for all of my education though so I am set to do whatever I want to my hearts content. :) Haha sounds like a very good scheme you have going bounce.
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@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
16 Dec 09
I wish I had parents like that! I would have taken other courses too. I picked engineering out of high school because it sounded cool, then. After a few years in university, I found I liked journalism too. But then, it was too late.
Of course the distractions of frat parties did not help, as I overstayed my welcome in school.
@snafushe (791)
• Canada
18 Dec 09
What am I supposed to think of that? That is someones opinion that they passed on to you. Maybe your crazy for believing it. If you mean understanding the human mind and how it works, calculating peoples actions and figuring out why they do the things they do is crazy, well hell I may just want to be crazy. It takes a smart person to figure out someone. It seems to me your close minded and scared, sounds like it. :) What are you planning on being edxcast?
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@edxcast (1168)
• Ecuador
18 Dec 09
Snafushe i think you are taking my words too serious, i didnt mean to offend you. It was something people always comment and i was just teasing you. I havent met too many psycologists to make that statement seriously(i have a friend that wants to study that and well he is one hell of a crazy fella but is a nice guy, he isnt the best example for none-craziness).
Again im sorry if my comment offend you, it was never my intention to do it so.
Cheers
@nijolechu (1842)
• Canada
19 Dec 09
I like to watch people from far away. I sometimes wonder what they are talking about with friends or how they interact with other people. I don't think I would be qualified to give them psychological advice.
@satan88 (584)
• United States Minor Outlying Islands
15 Dec 09
omg, i love psychology. If things don't work out with my computer science degree i'll probably finish off my remaining few psych credits. I constantly try to analyze what other people are thinking but it takes a lot out of you in the end. Too bad i forgot everything i learned because i remember i learned a lot about self analysis in a cognitive psychology course. What area in psychology are you planning to major in? What's your favourite topic? I'll probably merge the comp stuff with the psych stuff and work in Artificial Intelligence, or human computer interaction.
@Fulltank (2882)
• Philippines
17 Dec 09
Yeah, but not to the extent that I need to learn his/her personal background. Whenever I meet new acquaintances, I usually check the persons appearance. First impression last, therefore his/her first few words and actions means a lot to me. In handshaking, I can determine if the persons personality is weak or strong.
@snafushe (791)
• Canada
18 Dec 09
Oh wow I didn't know people still judged from handshakes. Are you saying that you judge people by looks? This is a bad way to analyze people, as someone doesn't usually show the real them until you know them a bit better. And appearances, well they mean nothing. When people meet me the first time I am really quiet and shy, and once you get to know me I speak my mind.
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@allknowing (130154)
• India
16 Dec 09
I have given up doing that as it categorises people in your mind which is not a good thing. I would be vary of people who are in my life but never analyse. No matter how good one is there is always something that evades you about someone and then it could be a wrong analysis.
@cmoneyspinner (9221)
• Austin, Texas
18 Aug 15
No I don't analyze people. People either show themselves for who they are OR they pretend to be who they are not. It's hard enough examining myself on a regular basis.
