Summary
The average funniness score of individuals is a by-product of scaling raw scores, the correlation between average scores and Big Five traits found significant correlation with Extroversion and Neuroticism. Correlation with raw scores found similar results in earlier studies, suggesting that the average funniness score is a major contributor to linking humour with two traits.
Then, scaled scores were aggregated in keyed groups of 5 high/low loadings and correlated with Big Five traits, correlation profiles showed a signature plateau pattern predominant across gender and age trends, most notedly, near zero dip in correlation with the same two traits. The existence of the signature pattern suggests the possibility of predicting Big Five traits in two steps. Computing the relative entropy (Kullback-Leibler diversion) provide assessment of the accuracy of prediction.
The age profiles showed jagged but generally declining correlation between Big Five and funniness, suggesting declining dependence of personality on age at adulthood.
Conclusion: Assessed relative entropy of predicting personality traits from funniness scores. Scores need to be scaled in order to improve prediction.
Kadri, F.L.(2022). The Entropy of Predicting Personality from Funniness Scores. International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 10(7), 80–90. DOI: 10.29121/granthaalayah.v10.i7.2022.4666
https://www.granthaalayahpublication.org/journals/granthaalayah/article/view/4666/4776
Monday, August 8. 2022
The Entropy of Humour Predictions of Personality
Reinventing personality from a Volterra nonlinear model of motivation
Summary
A mathematical model of animal behaviour was suggested in 1995, it combined priming and homeostatic mechanisms into one dynamic nonlinear systems.
Projecting the model over human behaviour led to a cybernetic theory of aging, where the brain acts as an information channel with diminishing bandwidth: Anecdotal age related changes in human perception could be explained by the age related reduction in bandwidth.
Analyzing funniness raw scores is a convenient way of testing the predicted changes. 100 Humorous sentences were classified in four age trends and tested for internal consistency. Comparing with 100 Big Five personality scores, funniness scores showed higher internal consistency. Significant correlation coefficients were found between humour and two traits, confirming earlier research.
Conclusion: Humour/funniness raw scores could be more reliable than personality self-assessment in identifying individual personality traits.
Citation
Kadri, F. (2022). Reinventing personality from a Volterra nonlinear model of motivation. Acta Europeana Systemica , 11(1), 41-58. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14428/aes.v11i1.63013
A mathematical model of animal behaviour was suggested in 1995, it combined priming and homeostatic mechanisms into one dynamic nonlinear systems.
Projecting the model over human behaviour led to a cybernetic theory of aging, where the brain acts as an information channel with diminishing bandwidth: Anecdotal age related changes in human perception could be explained by the age related reduction in bandwidth.
Analyzing funniness raw scores is a convenient way of testing the predicted changes. 100 Humorous sentences were classified in four age trends and tested for internal consistency. Comparing with 100 Big Five personality scores, funniness scores showed higher internal consistency. Significant correlation coefficients were found between humour and two traits, confirming earlier research.
Conclusion: Humour/funniness raw scores could be more reliable than personality self-assessment in identifying individual personality traits.
Citation
Kadri, F. (2022). Reinventing personality from a Volterra nonlinear model of motivation. Acta Europeana Systemica , 11(1), 41-58. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14428/aes.v11i1.63013
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