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From: paola@zen.UUCP (Paola Kathuria)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: psychology of computer use
Message-ID: <1500@zen.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 89 17:20:21 GMT
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Reply-To: paola@zen.UUCP (Paola Kathuria)
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In article pbond@NOTE.NSF.GOV (Patricia Bond) writes:
>
>I've been reading the mail on this subject with interest and
>agree with everything that's been said.  One additional dimension
>that needs to be taken into consideration, though, is
>personality.  I think that this form of communication attracts a
>certain type of person.  

Could someone please remind me what personality inventories results
actually mean?

I ask because I seem to recall from my psychology degree yonks ago
that personality-type theories had been replaced by theories which 
allowed for an underlying or observing self.  Otherwise, are we really 
being asked to believe that people exhibit the same personality type 
in all situations?

Having said all that, I must confess that the people who seem to use
talkers the most are the shy people who have trouble making friends
in the 'real world' or as a form of escapism (from floundering degrees
usually).

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Paola Kathuria, Software Engineer,   [paola@zen.co.uk<->mcvax!zen.co.uk!paola]
Zengrange Ltd., Greenfield Rd., Leeds, ENGLAND, LS9 8DB. (+44) 532 489048