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)]

These do look really comfy!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Are these KEEN?  I really want to try a pair of Keen?

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

This is me...

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

You should work: At a casual up and coming company

[Carol and Banjo]

That's me too Sherri....although I do like to dress up now and then....

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

I'm a flip flop too ;)

Mostly true, though the flake/playing hooky part is hokum :p 

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

although personally I think I'm more like the Ecco Yucatan Sandle posted above. It's much stronger, more stable and durable than a flimsy flipflop. :o)

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

LOL J!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

PERVERT FOOT EXERCISE

Jane and Carol.  Here is the video

Foot and Plantar Fascia Massage and Stretch

As you can see, I was desperate.  I watched them all.  This technique works for me.  

The comment section of this man's post got my attention  when someone wrote.

" I hope he's not parked near a school"

This made me laugh so  hard that I actually started doing the exercises.  But I do get the creeps when I think of this video.  Seriously.

  Honestly, if you saw this man parked in a car working his hands this way, would you run or call the police?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBk0_cPxNSU

 

[Carol and Banjo]

LOL....OMD Joanne.....only a person who's suffered this condition can appreciate how another comes up with a cure.

[Camilla and Darwin]

Well, mine was Bare Feet. That I didn't want to be tied down, and sometimes didn't want to wear any shoes at all.  Not sure if that's true about me or not, but it certainly is about socks. :-) I wear flip flops well into october, snow on the ground is the only thing that will deter me. Then after it's snowing, I basically only wear this type of shoe:

[Carol and Banjo]

I wuv these shoes......!!!!!!

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

cute shoes. I wish I could get away with those in winter!