Any break down by pointers vs. setters?
On Mar 17, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Mike Palij wrote:
From the "Did They Really Do a Poll on That?" Department:
Cottenelle, manufacturer of toilet paper, has uncovered a significant
distinction among people that is almost at the level of importance
of being right-handed vs. left-handed, namely:
Do you you prefer your toilet paper to roll over or roll under?
Their finding:
Over: 72%
Under: 28%
Apparently no one admitted to not having the paper off a roller
and just on its side. More info (if one is curious about such things)
is available at:
http://pr-usa.net/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=350205&Itemid=95
Of course, the psychological profession is present to help with the
interpretation of such results of staggering importance. Quoting from
the article:
|Cottonelle brand consulted Dr. Gilda Carle, psychotherapist and
|internationally renowned relationship expert, for her observations
|on basic character traits associated with how people roll. According
|to Dr. Gilda, "People who roll over like taking charge, crave
|organization and are likely to overachieve. It seems to me that
|Americans are passionate about rolling over due to the sense of
|control that it gives them."
Dr. Carle is reported to have gotten a Ph.D. in Educational
Leadership at NYU, meaning that she got it through NYU's
school of education and not the graduate school of arts and
science (whose faculty has made a sigh of relief). I have never
met Dr. Carle nor have heard of her prior to this press release.
I suspect that there will be wave of undergraduate research
proposals looking at over/underism and its relationship to measures
of personality such as the Myer-Briggs and other personality
tests that are readily available on the internets.
Also be prepared for an increase in people's use of the phrase:
"Coz that's how I roll!"
Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
[email protected]
---
You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected].
To unsubscribe click here:
http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1342
or send a blank email to
leave-1342-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
