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This is interesting:
http://theconversation.com/faithful-fido-or-fickle-felix-what-determines-our-pet-preferences-26926
To highlight a few excerpts from the article:
I think this is really interesting, and on the surface seems easy to explain, but appears to be a lot more difficult. Cats and dogs do have behavioral differences and there have been many studies connecting those with the personalities of people. I can not find it at the moment, but I remember reading a study several years ago saying that cat people tend to be better at reading body language. Reason being: cat body language and behavior is far more complex and subtle than dogs. The study here seems to be making an additional extension link between cats/dogs, personality, and political peference. Maybe one that is a bit too abstract to be that meaningful, but it's still very interesting to read.
On a personal level, I am a TOTAL cat person. Always have been since early childhood. I begged for a cat as a pet from just 3 years old. They're soft, cute, and complex. I "get" cat behavior very easily, and as such I jive with them well. I've had friends call me a cat whisperer before because I can win over a skittish cat rather quickly. Dogs? I don't like them, never have much either. I would never have one as a pet either. They just aren't for me. The larger and more energetic they get the more I dislike them as well.
I attached a poll, but the one I was coming up with was just too complex for what I want, so I just copped out and made a like/dislike poll for cats and dogs. We (for the most part) know each others political leanings anyway.
Discuss!
http://theconversation.com/faithful-fido-or-fickle-felix-what-determines-our-pet-preferences-26926
To highlight a few excerpts from the article:
In a 2014 American survey conducted with Time magazine, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt also showed that conservatives prefer dogs. A 2012 study conducted by the American Veterinary Medical Association found that nine of the ten states with the highest rates of dog ownership voted Republican in that year’s US presidential election. Nine of the ten states with the lowest rates voted Democrat.
We obtained two samples of more than 500 American adults and gave them a survey that assessed several dominance-related personality characteristics and quizzed them about their pet preferences. In both studies, self-professed dog people scored higher than cat people on measures of competitiveness and particularly on “social dominance orientation†(SDO) – the tendency to expect, accept and endorse inequality between social groups.
Women scored lower than men on SDO and were more likely to be cat people, but the link between SDO and being a dog person could not be explained by gender.
I think this is really interesting, and on the surface seems easy to explain, but appears to be a lot more difficult. Cats and dogs do have behavioral differences and there have been many studies connecting those with the personalities of people. I can not find it at the moment, but I remember reading a study several years ago saying that cat people tend to be better at reading body language. Reason being: cat body language and behavior is far more complex and subtle than dogs. The study here seems to be making an additional extension link between cats/dogs, personality, and political peference. Maybe one that is a bit too abstract to be that meaningful, but it's still very interesting to read.
On a personal level, I am a TOTAL cat person. Always have been since early childhood. I begged for a cat as a pet from just 3 years old. They're soft, cute, and complex. I "get" cat behavior very easily, and as such I jive with them well. I've had friends call me a cat whisperer before because I can win over a skittish cat rather quickly. Dogs? I don't like them, never have much either. I would never have one as a pet either. They just aren't for me. The larger and more energetic they get the more I dislike them as well.
I attached a poll, but the one I was coming up with was just too complex for what I want, so I just copped out and made a like/dislike poll for cats and dogs. We (for the most part) know each others political leanings anyway.
Discuss!