Stuff from 7 November, 2009
This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 7 November, 2009.
This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 7 November, 2009.
Rejection massively reduces IQ:
Aggression scores increased in the rejected groups. But the IQ scores also immediately dropped by about 25 per cent, and their analytical reasoning scores dropped by 30 per cent.
“These are very big effects - the biggest I’ve got in 25 years of research,” says Baumeister. “This tells us a lot about human nature. People really seem designed to get along with others, and when you’re excluded, this has significant effects.”