Questão 14 - CESGRANRIO 2016

What Your Facebook Use Reveals About Your Personality: Likes, shares, and comments reveal a lot about who you are.

 

Every day when Facebook asks, “What’s on your

mind?” around 400 million people respond with a status

message. While some people take the opportunity

to share about their latest meal, other people post

photos or inspirational messages. Over the past few

years, researchers have discovered the way people

choose to present themselves on Facebook speaks

volumes about their personality and self-esteem.

Examining your behavior on social media could

give you insight into your own personality, as well

as how others perceive you. You may think you’re

presenting yourself in a certain light only to discover

other people view your behavior completely different.

Here are seven things our Facebook interactions

reveal about people:

1. People with a lot of Facebook friends tend

to have low self-esteem. A 2012 study published

in Computers in Human Behavior found that people

with low self-esteem who worried about their public

perception had the most Facebook friends. The

researchers concluded that self-conscious people

compensate for low self-esteem by trying to appear

popular on Facebook.

2. Extroverts update their status more often

than introverts. Just like in real life, extroverts

socialize more on social media, according to a 2014

study titled “Personality Traits and Self-Presentation

at Facebook”. The study found that extroverts use

the like button more often, upload more pictures, and

update their status more frequently than introverts.

3. Conscientious people organize their photos

carefully. Conscientious people are self-disciplined

hard-workers who spend the least amount of time on

Facebook. Computers in Human Behavior reports

that when conscientious people do use Facebook,

they do so in a very organized manner. For example,

they may create neat folders to help share their photos

with friends and family in a methodical and convenient

way.

4. Open people fill out their personal profiles

most thoroughly. A 2010 study discovered that

open people – described as artistic, imaginative, and

creative – use the most features on Facebook and

are most likely to complete the personal information

sections. They also tend to post more “wall messages”

when communicating with specific friends.

5. Narcissists make deeper self-disclosures

that contain self-promotional content. Narcissists

– people with an inflated self-concept and a strong

sense of uniqueness and superiority – seek attention

and affirmation on Facebook. A 2014 study published

in Computers in Human Behavior found that

narcissists posted more frequently about themselves

in an attempt to attract likes and comments that fuel

their beliefs about self-importance. Other studies

have found that people love selfies and they share

the ones where they think they look most attractive in

hopes of gaining admiration.

6. Neurotic people post mostly photos. A 2014

study found that highly neurotic people – those most

prone to stress and anxiety – seek acceptance by

publishing photos. Since neurotic people struggle with

communication and social skills, researchers believe

they use photos on Facebook as a means to express

themselves. Also, photos are less controversial than

comments – which could lead to a lot of anxiety as

they wait for other people’s responses.

Neurotic people tend to have the most photos

per album. Researchers believe this stems from their

desire to present themselves positively. They may use

photos to try and appear happier and to show they are

able to keep up with their friends.

7. Agreeable people are tagged in other

people’s photos most often. A 2012 study titled

“Personality and Patters of Facebook Usage” found

that the higher a person ranks in personality scales

for agreeableness, the more likely that person will be

tagged in Facebook photos posted by other people.

Since agreeable people tend to behave warm and

friendly and less competitive, it’s not surprising that

their friends enjoy taking lighthearted pictures with

them and sharing them on Facebook.

Although we may think we’re masking our

insecurities or portraying ourselves in the most

favorable light, our behavior on social media reveals

more than we might think. It’s not just what we post

on Facebook that reveals information about our

personalities - it’s also what we don’t post that can

be quite telling. It’s likely that our personality profiles

will continue to play a major role in how advertisers

market to us and how companies will choose to hire

people in the future.

 

Available at: . Retrieved on: Apr. 17th, 2015. Adapted.

In the fragment of the text “Extroverts update their status more often than introverts” (lines 24-25), the word that CANNOT be used in the place of often is