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First-Word Reactions

February 2, 2018 by szachik@pvs.org Leave a Comment

By Claire Jenkins

When Claire fired the following bolded words at a select pool of respondents, she got the following answers. What would psychologists say? What would you say?

Female:

innovative

pink

brave

pretty

height

fashion

dress

Eve

 

Male:

ignorant

kind

controlling

tall

shoes

train

suit

Adam

 

Smart:

science

children

glasses

tall

math

Einstein

lightbulb

women

 

Dumb:

sad

willpower

blonde

none

wood

brick

Barbie

rock

 

Future:

bright

bleak

nonexistent

scary

watch

car

space

broken

 

Past:

important

mess

ugly

scary

gift

bone

1800’s

wrong

 

Present:

fleeting

falling

beautiful

fun

crying

essay

Trump

tiring

 

Alone:

surviving

sad

me

fun

cat

sad

freedom

always

 

Community:

thriving

bridge

friendly

YMCA

mold

gate

Palm Springs

belong

Edited By: Peter Kadel

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: first response, What comes to mind when I say . . .

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