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TLDR: Your name matters more than you think. Not only does it have a great effect on your perceived SMV and career opportunities, but it might also have a direct role in shaping your actual attractiveness (the Dorian Gray effect).
We all know your name can contribute to your SMV and how likely you get hired at that new sales job you're desperately hoping for.
But new research appears to suggest there your name plays an even greater role in your life - including your actual appearance & personality.
This is the Dorian Gray effect.
Anecdotally, this is easily provable. Just make 2 identical accounts on Tinder, with the only difference being a high-SMV name vs a low-SMV name.
High SMV names are usually Mediterranean-based or Anglo-based, as they imply good looks and/or affluent background.
Low SMV names are usually ethnic-sounding, as they imply bad stereotypes. Worse ones by far are Curry-sounding names.
Namepill Examples
(For fun... try to visualize the face, height, occupation associated with each name):
High SMV (Med): Lorenzo, Fabio, Alessandro, Mateo, Lucio, etc.
High SMV (Anglo): James, William, George, Thomas, Alexander, etc.
High SMV (Black): Tyrone, Travis, Dwayne, Carter, etc.
Low SMV (Curry): Poopjeet, Rajput, Vajdeep, Saramparamjeet, @the BULL (
) , etc.
If your name is Poopjeet, you literally cannot be high-PSL/SMV or be taken seriously in any high-level career.
This is the infamous Dorian Gray effect. Over if your parents gave you a shitty name.
Your reputation preceeds you, even when it's out of your control.
If you ascend and have kids, make sure you come up with high-SMV names for your children.
We all know your name can contribute to your SMV and how likely you get hired at that new sales job you're desperately hoping for.
But new research appears to suggest there your name plays an even greater role in your life - including your actual appearance & personality.
"Prior research has shown there are cultural stereotypes attached to names, including how someone should look," said lead author Dr Yonat Zwebner, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
To find out if face shape was linked to name, researchers conducted eight studies to see it was possible for strangers to correctly identify the names of people simply by looking at their faces.
To find out if face shape was linked to name, researchers conducted eight studies to see it was possible for strangers to correctly identify the names of people simply by looking at their faces.
In every experiment, the participants were significantly better (up to 40 per cent accurate) at matching the name to the face than random chance (20 - 25 per cent accurate) even when ethnicity, age and other socioeconomic variables were controlled for.
It is the first study to show that social preconceptions and expectations in a name can alter the way we look, not just genes and hormone levels.
"Our given name is our very first social tagging. Each name has associated characteristics, behaviours and a look. Over time these stereotypical facial expectations of how we should look may eventually manifest in our facial appearance. We develop the personality that other people expect us to exhibit.
"The study implies that people live up to their given name. The possibility that our name can influence our look, even to small extent is intriguing.
The study also proved it was possible to create a computer algorithm which could guess names better than chance, simply by looking at facial characteristics.
"Together, these findings suggest that facial appearance represents social expectations of how a person with a particular name should look. In this way, a social tag may influence one's facial appearance," said co-author Dr Ruth Mayo."
It is the first study to show that social preconceptions and expectations in a name can alter the way we look, not just genes and hormone levels.
"Our given name is our very first social tagging. Each name has associated characteristics, behaviours and a look. Over time these stereotypical facial expectations of how we should look may eventually manifest in our facial appearance. We develop the personality that other people expect us to exhibit.
"The study implies that people live up to their given name. The possibility that our name can influence our look, even to small extent is intriguing.
The study also proved it was possible to create a computer algorithm which could guess names better than chance, simply by looking at facial characteristics.
"Together, these findings suggest that facial appearance represents social expectations of how a person with a particular name should look. In this way, a social tag may influence one's facial appearance," said co-author Dr Ruth Mayo."
This is the Dorian Gray effect.
Anecdotally, this is easily provable. Just make 2 identical accounts on Tinder, with the only difference being a high-SMV name vs a low-SMV name.
High SMV names are usually Mediterranean-based or Anglo-based, as they imply good looks and/or affluent background.
Low SMV names are usually ethnic-sounding, as they imply bad stereotypes. Worse ones by far are Curry-sounding names.
Namepill Examples
(For fun... try to visualize the face, height, occupation associated with each name):
High SMV (Med): Lorenzo, Fabio, Alessandro, Mateo, Lucio, etc.
High SMV (Anglo): James, William, George, Thomas, Alexander, etc.
High SMV (Black): Tyrone, Travis, Dwayne, Carter, etc.
Low SMV (Curry): Poopjeet, Rajput, Vajdeep, Saramparamjeet, @the BULL (
) , etc.If your name is Poopjeet, you literally cannot be high-PSL/SMV or be taken seriously in any high-level career.
This is the infamous Dorian Gray effect. Over if your parents gave you a shitty name.
Your reputation preceeds you, even when it's out of your control.
If you ascend and have kids, make sure you come up with high-SMV names for your children.
Link to study: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/psp-pspa0000076.pdf
Link to article: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/th...ur-name-alters-your-face-20170228-gunl3e.html
Link to Qoves video on this:
Link to article: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/th...ur-name-alters-your-face-20170228-gunl3e.html
Link to Qoves video on this:
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