Body Language Reveals Wealth

[redqueen]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090210/sc_livescience/bodylanguagerevealswealth

A flashy handbag or Armani suit can signal a person's wealth, but so can their body language, according to a new study. People of higher socioeconomic status are more rude when conversing with others.

Psychologists Michael Kraus and Dacher Keltner of the University of California, Berkeley, videotaped pairs of undergraduate students who were strangers to one another, during one-on-one interviews. In total, 100 undergraduate students participated.

The researchers then looked for certain gestures that indicate level of interest in the other person during one-minute slices of each conversation.

They found that students whose parents were from higher socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds engaged in more of what he called "impolite" behaviors, such as grooming, doodling and fidgeting. Lower SES students showed more "I'm interested" gestures, including laughter and raising of the eyebrows

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So primitive... but still prevalent enough to show up in studies. Sad.

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1. Another reason to eat the rich.

[sammythecat]

2. I guess those are the stereotypes,

the aloof arrogance of the privileged, and the sometimes over eagerness to please of the less secure. Just like wolves and baboons. It's both maddening and sad, that kind of behavior.