Your selfie style
Your Instagram or Facebook feed may reveal more about your personality than you realise. In a 2015 study from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, researchers analysed 123 selfies taken from a popular Chinese social media site. Each person then completed a personality questionnaire. The researchers found that more agreeable people tended to take pictures from below; conscientious types were less likely to reveal a private space in the background. People who displayed positive expressions (smiling, laughing) were more open to new experiences, while the duck face revealed a more neurotic personality. Who knew selfies are a window into your personality?
Your handwriting
Graphology is the analysis of handwriting and how it relates to personality, and it has been a science since the days of Aristotle. Master graphologist Kathi McKnight tells businessinsider.com that handwriting experts can detect more than 5000 personality traits from your scrawl. People who write large, for example, are people-oriented and attention-seeking, whereas those with small handwriting are introverted and are capable of acute concentration. Writing with a slight right slant means you’re friendly and impulsive; a left slant means you’re reserved and individualistic. No slant suggests you’re logical and pragmatic. Lastly, handwriting with heavy pressure indicates you have strong emotions and are quick to react, but a light pressure implies an easiness and ability to move from place to place.
The way you carry a bag
You might spend days or weeks picking out a handbag, but how much thought do you give to how you carry it? Here’s what that mindless choice reveals, according to body language expert Patti Wood: wearing a bag in the crook of your arm shows you are high-maintenance and place a lot of emphasis on social status. Wearing the strap across your body with the bag in front means you prioritise protection and accessibility; toting your bag behind you demonstrates a cool, calm and collected personality. People who sport a backpack are more independent and want to take care of themselves and the people around them, while those who carry their bag in their hands tend to be assertive, well-organised and efficient.
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Source: RD.com
