Study: Creative People More Likely to Cheat

According to a recent research, chances of cheating is more in creative people than in the non-creative lot. This is possibly because of the talent possessed by the original thinkers, which increases their ability to rationalize their actions.”Greater creativity helps individuals solve difficult tasks across many domains, but creative sparks may lead individuals to take unethical routes when searching for solutions to problems and tasks,” said lead researcher Francesca Gino, PhD, of Harvard University.

Gino and her co-author, Dan Ariely, PhD, of Duke University, conducted a series of five experiments to test their thesis that more creative people would cheat under circumstances where they could justify their bad behaviour. The researchers used a series of recognized psychological tests and measures to gauge research subjects’ creativity.

They also tested participants’ intelligence. In each of the five experiments, participants received a small sum for showing up. Then, they were presented with tasks or tests where they could be paid more if they cheated. The experimenters also told participants they would be paid more for more correct answers and led them to believe that they could cheat without detection when transferring their answers. However, all the papers had unique identifiers.

The results showed the more creative participants were significantly more likely to cheat, and that there was no link between intelligence and dishonesty. For instance, more intelligent but less creative people were not more inclined toward dishonesty. The study has been published online in APA’s Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Study: Men Suffer More When a Relationship Ends

On the outside they might put on a brave face, hit the pub and talk even more about football. But a study has found that, contrary to popular belief, when a relationship is in trouble it is men who suffer the most. Romantic ups and downs apparently have a greater effect on the mental health of young men than women. While women are more likely to display their depression to friends, men are more likely to store up their feelings – with negative health effects including making them more likely to drink alcohol. Professor Robin Simon, who led the study, admitted she was shocked that the results overturned the widespread assumption that women are more vulnerable to the emotional rollercoaster of relationships.

‘Surprisingly, we found young men are more reactive to the quality of ongoing relationships,’ she said. That means a man’s mental health is more affected by the harmful stress of a rocky relationship. The researchers also found that men get greater emotional benefits from the positive aspects of an ongoing romance. This contradicts the stereotypical image of stoic men who are unaffected by what happens in their relationships. Professor Simon, of Wake Forest University in the U.S., said the findings could be down to the fact that young men often have few people in whom they confide – apart from their romantic partner. Whereas women are more likely to have close relationships with family and friends.

Strain in a relationship could also be linked to poor emotional well-being because it threatens young men’s sense of identity and feelings of self-worth. Another factor was that men and women express emotional distress in different ways. ‘Women express emotional distress with depression, while men express emotional distress with substance problems,’ Professor Simon said. The study, in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, was based on a survey of 1,000 unmarried 18- to 23-year-olds in Florida. It was part of a long-term probe into mental health and the transition to adulthood. The researchers also found that while young men are more affected by the quality of a current relationship, young women are more emotionally affected by whether or not they are in a relationship.

5 Rules To Follow On Shaadikeladdu.com

If you are looking for your life-partner on Shaadikeladdu.com or planning to register on the website, here’s some handy information to help you find the ‘right’ match…

Be Realistic
When it comes to getting to know your potential partner, nothing can beat email, instant messaging and social media. It’s the best platform, no doubt! But before you make any commitment and get into a relationship, make sure you verify your partner’s background. The best way to do is to spend some time together and get to know each other’s friends.

Don’t Just Rely on the Person’s Profile
It’s sometimes easy to fall in love with a person’s profile even without knowing much about him/her. So, watch out for ‘red flags’ if s/he has a Shaadikeladdu.com profile. If the opposite person refuses to share his/her number or is unavailable over the weekend, the person maybe inactive, on a hidden agenda or not ready to open up. So, do not trust people blindly. Take your own time and get to know each other better first.

Honesty is the Best Policy
We all tend to go for a little exaggeration when we want the other person to like us. But, it helps to be honest so that s/he is not disappointed when they actually meet you. Take some time to think and describe yourself on the profile page of the matrimonial website and do mention what kind of partner you’re looking for. Trust us, it doesn’t matter even if you aren’t very good-looking. Remember, there are people who prefer honesty over beauty. So, be honest and hope for the best.

A Rejection is Not the End of the World
You need to overcome the fear of rejection. People have different tastes, so you can’t expect everybody to like you. Some of them may find you too short/tall, thin/plump, etc, but don’t be disappointed. Move ahead, as every “No” is one step closer to a “Yes” and finding your soulmate. A lot of times, members who do not show interest or take time to respond are either inactive or have already found someone. So, be positive and move on.

Paid vs Unpaid Members
This usually is a good filter for serious people looking for love. Someone who is seriously looking for a partner is willing to become a paid member so that s/he finds  his/her life partner online. However, at times you may come across people who pay only to flirt. So, beware.

Rules For Setting Up a Matrimonial Profile

If you think you can add random details to your matrimonial profile and receive interests from members, forget it! You’ve registered on the website for a purpose. Think that it’s your online resume and spend sometime thinking about what to write. Remember, you need to highlight your attributes and set the tone of your personality. We list down 5 rules to keep in mind while constructing your masterpiece…

1. Choose the Right Community
Finding a partner online is helpful because you have the option of choosing the type of environment you want to explore. All you have to do is select the right community, fill in other details about you and the kind of partner you’re looking for and finally search for a match.

2. Be Honest
It’s easy to lie when you’re online. But, it’s better to be honest. In case, you find someone on the website and you plan your first date, s/he will know that you lied online, especially if you posted someone else’s picture. People need to get what they saw on your profile when they meet you in person. If you misrepresent yourself (like using a very old photo), you’ve lost the chance of being on a second date with the person. Also, do not hide red flags like a divorce or children. Potential matches will find out at some point anyway.

3. Post ‘Happy’ Pictures
Ever seen those pictures of people ‘Before’ and ‘After’ the weight loss plan? The person is always frowning in the ‘Before’ picture, where as in the ‘After’ picture, there’s a huge smile, which is supposed to help sell a product. Similarly, happy pictures have more chances of getting people to express interest in you. So, choose pictures that make you look nice, fun and outgoing.

4. Focus on Your Uniqueness
This allows you to find people who are compatible with you. Focus on the interesting and uncommon things about you that you would want your prospective spouse to know (but avoid writing about your childhood hobbies like stamp collecting or making book marks, etc) You could talk about your love for food or your love for an indie band or a weird artist. Those are the types of things that will help you find your Mr. or Mrs. Right.

5. Be Funny 
We know it’s a matrimonial profile, but that doesn’t mean you can’t be humorous. A witty profile is tough for people to resist, so if you’re witty show it in your profile — but don’t force the jokes please!

Study: A Man’s Behavior Improves After Marriage

Apparently getting married helps in improving a man’s behaviour, according to researchers. They found traits associated with anti-social personality disorders such as criminal behaviour, lying, aggression and a lack of remorse after men tied the knot. However, the researchers at Michigan State University also found that ‘nicer’ men were more likely to get married than those with anti-social traits. Dr. Alexandra Burt, who led the study, said: ‘Married men are just not as anti-social to begin with. And when they get married, they get even less anti-social.’ In the study, presented in the December Archives of General Psychiatry, Dr. Burt and her colleagues followed 289 pairs of male twins for 12 years, from age 17 to age 29.

More than half of the twins were identical. Men who married during the study period, about 60 per cent of them, showed less anti-social behaviour at ages 17 and 20, suggesting that men with more of these traits are less likely to get married in the first place. By the age of 29, unmarried men had scored an average of 1.3 anti-social behaviours on a scale devised by the researchers, compared with 0.8 among married men. However, among identical twins in which one was married and one wasn’t, the married twin had fewer anti-social behaviours after the union than the unmarried twin. Given that identical twins, with similar genetics and childhood environments are likely to have the same anti-social tendencies, this indicates that marriage helped weed out bad behaviour.

It’s not clear why men’s behaviour might improve after marriage, said Ryan King at the University of Albany, State University of New York, who was not involved in the study. Married men may spend more time with their spouse than their friends, and bad behaviour such as delinquency and binge drinking tend to be group activities, he noted. In addition, married men ‘have more to lose’ if they’re caught doing illegal activities, and may care what their spouse think. ‘Not everyone is equally likely to enter the institution of marriage, but those that do enter into it get some benefit from it,’ King said.

The results help explain consistent findings from other studies that men who are married commit fewer crimes. A recent study, for example, showed marriage was associated with a 35 per cent reduction in crime. Studies have also found that married people as a group tend to be healthier than singles, though recent research suggests the health advantage of marriage may be fading. But married people tend to live longer, be less depressed and suffer less from heart disease and stroke.