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“In an experiment revealing the importance of having friendships, social psychologists have found that perceptions of task difficulty are significantly shaped by the proximity of a friend.
In their experimental design, the researchers asked college students to stand at the base of a hill while carrying a weighted backpack and to estimate the steepness of a hill. Some participants stood next to close friends whom they had known a long time, some stood next to friends they had not known for long, and the rest stood alone during the exercise. The students who stood with friends gave significantly lower estimates of the steepness of the hill than those who stood alone. Furthermore, the longer the close friends had known each other, the less steep the hill appeared to the participants involved in the study.
In other words, the world looks less difficult when standing next to a close friend.
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In an experiment revealing the importance of having friendships, social psychologists have found that perceptions of task difficulty are significantly shaped by the proximity of a friend.
In their experimental design, the researchers asked college students to stand at the base of a hill while carrying a weighted backpack and to estimate the steepness of a hill. Some participants stood next to close friends whom they had known a long time, some stood next to friends they had not known for long, and the rest stood alone during the exercise. The students who stood with friends gave significantly lower estimates of the steepness of the hill than those who stood alone. Furthermore, the longer the close friends had known each other, the less steep the hill appeared to the participants involved in the study.
In other words, the world looks less difficult when standing next to a close friend.
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my new favorite psychological study, done by Schnall, Harber, Stefanucci, and Proffitt and published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
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The study in question is “Social Support and the Perception of Geographical Slant” and was published in September 2008; you can read it here.
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Anonymous asked: Lady this is the Anon from a while ago who asked you about short curly hair and I just wanted to tell you that I got it cut today and I love it already! Thank you for all your advice and encouragement!
Oh, fuck yeah, Anon! I’m so glad you went for it, congrats! I hope you enjoy it~
nounofrassilon, @carolsusanjanedanvers: I love you, I miss you, I am back in shitty Narnia.
“Because with you, I will always know where I stand.”
~ Londo to Timov in Soul Mates
Boarding my plane! I guess I’ll see you guys back in shitty life town! I will scan things for you and such.
Look into his eyes sometime. He can see how fast things are moving. For Londo, it’s like being stuck on a wild horse. You don’t wanna get thrown, so you hang on even harder. He’s trapped. You know half the time I’m so furious with the guy I could break his neck. The other half, I feel sorry for him.
