If you’ve ever been embarrassed by blushing in embarrassing situations, you probably don’t see it as a positive point.
But a study can show you that being shy is more than a virtue and can earn you a lot of good points with the people around you.
No, you did not read it wrong.
What may seem like a problem to you is actually something virtuous.
This is all due to a study published in Journal Of Personality and Social Psychology (American Psychological Association), he proved that people who are more easily embarrassed tend to be more generous, thus deserving greater votes of trust from other people.
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Second Matthew Feinbergthis shame that appears in public due to some type of event recurs in the emotions of people who are transparent and deserve greater trust.
He explains: “Moderate levels of embarrassment are virtue signals. Our data suggests this is a good thing, not something you should fight.”
According to the study, this applies to both love life and professional life and has positive points in both.
People with this personality inspire greater cooperation from everyone around them, improving the atmosphere where they frequent.
The type of shame that was studied is that most common among people who become shy even in situations where they are not at fault, different from heightened shame, which becomes a social phobia.
According to the study, the most common attitudes of those suffering from mild embarrassment are looking down, trying to hide parts of their face with an awkward sideways smile.
People with social phobia don’t gesture much and prefer to hide their entire face in bad situations.
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The study was based on an experiment with approximately 60 students who were filmed while carrying out research and answering trust games.
Generosity tests were also filmed and analyzed based on the level of sociability of each volunteer who participated in the test.
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