SHOES and PERSONALITY

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

There are many variations to this soon-to-be published report.  I'll just post this article.

retrieved 06/15/12 http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/judge-90-percent-people-person...

Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger's personality simply by looking at the person's shoes.

"Shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers," the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality. "Shoes serve a practical purpose, and also serve as nonverbal cues with symbolic messages. People tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear."

Medical Daily notes that the number of detailed personality traits detected in the study include a person's general age, their gender, income, political affiliation, and other personality traits, including someone's emotional stability.

Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style, cost, color and condition of someone's shoes. In the study, 63 University of Kansas students looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study's participants. Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then filled out a personality questionnaire.

So, what do your shoes say about your personality?

Some of the results were expected: People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes, and flashier footwear was typically worn by extroverts.

However, some of the more specific results are intriguing. For example, "practical and functional" shoes were generally worn by more "agreeable" people, while ankle boots were more closely aligned with "aggressive" personalities.

The strangest of all may be that  those who wore "uncomfortable looking" shoes tend to have "calm" pe....

"Shoes have great variety of styles, brands, looks, and functions. Because of this variety, shoes can carry individual difference information, but do they? We suggest that the answer is yes," the study authors wrote.

And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take exceptional care of them, you may suffer from "attachment anxiety," spending an inordinate amount of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance.

There was even a political calculation in the mix with more liberal types wearing "shabbier and less expensive" shoes.

The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personality traits, but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were revealing deep insights into their personalities.

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Woo Hoo! Another Bare Feet!! I do have my own business and work from home so many days I never put shoes on at all. I would really like to go barefoot, but my feet get too cold without something on them so I normally have slippers on too!  I'm the same way with finding a pair of shoes that I love and wearing them until they fall apart!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Some of us have very narrow feet (AA, AAA, or even AAAA) and have very few choices. The stylish shoes that are available in our size are extremely expensive, or otherwise they're orthopedic-looking. What my shoes say about me is that they cost less than $400 and don't fall off my feet when I walk.

[F, Calla & Luca]

Ha, and some others have extra wide feet.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Okay--WTD? Who has narrow feet?   I have read that lower European descendents have wider feet.   This is why Italy became known for such great footwear.   And shoes made in Italy are much better because of this.  Can't remember where I read it, but it makes sense.  I must have been a real real low descendent out of Europe. 

I am a EEEE   :(     No joke.  I had to stick my foot in that little slider thingy last year.  Remember doing that  when you were a kid?   Tickle

[F, Calla & Luca]

I feel much better since I'm only a EE. You come form way down in Greece : )

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

...and now that the Chinese are making footwear well... OMD just shoot me in the d*%@ foot. 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Now that I'm an AA, I can occasionally find a cute shoe that fits. Up until a a few years ago, I wore an AAA and had to order Ferragamos from a catalog. Those Italian shoes are great for narrow feet too, lol!. 

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Is Louis Vuitton, Italian?   Just wondering

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Ahh French.  Close, but no cigar.

[F, Calla & Luca]

Verry French.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Vuitton

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

I'm a AAA so I also have to do lots of "hunting" to find cute shoes.  Lately I've been finding them online...Marmi is my favorite site.  I also have a flip flop fetish....it's kind of like the scarfs.

[Linda and Murphy]

You Are Flip Flops

You are laid back and very friendly.
Cheery and sunny in disposition, you usually have something to smile about.

Style is important to you, as long as you can stay casual.
It takes a lot to get you to dress up!

You are a loyal and true person, though you can be a bit of a flake.
You tend to "play hooky" and blow off responsibilities a lot more than most people.

You should live: By the beach

 

Well, I don't know about the flake or hooky part ....but the rest is pretty much true