According to a study by American scientists, people who smile too widely are considered naive. How did they come to this?
Should you smile or keep a straight face at work? Be sure to smile, but in moderation. Researchers Emma Levine of the University of Chicago, Alexandra Barash of New York University, and Maurice E. Schweitzer of Wharton University studied how people judge us by the way we smile.
Smiling is naive
They asked participants to rate surveys in which people rated how they feel in everyday life and in life in general, on a scale from 1 to 11. However, these results were made up by the researchers - they were only interested in how respondents rated individual surveys according to on your level of happiness. It turned out that people who showed “higher levels of happiness” were rated by respondents as more naive than others, according to Business Insider.
What are the findings? Researchers have found that very happy people seem to process negative emotions superficially and are therefore perceived as more naive.
Participants were also asked to rate who they would like to meet at the negotiating table. And here, unsurprisingly in the context of previous results, respondents rated that they prefer to confront someone with a big smile, as they believe that because they are more naive, they will be easier to “beat”. In another study, participants found that very happy people are easier to fool.
Source: Wprost
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