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How Much Does Your Name Affect Where You Work? – DailyFinance

www.dailyfinance.com3/17/11

Names define us, but do they determine our life choices? The idea that our names can influence those decisions is what psychologists call "implicit egotism." To test the concept, a recent study looked at how our names might …

The Name/Personality Relationship « life of a doctor's wife

Okay, sure, names themselves have a sort of personality. “Rose” might have some sort of universally feminine quality, for instance… Or “Victoria” might have some sort of perceived sense of classicality and strength… …

Publish Date: 08/19/2011 0:40

http://lifeofadoctorswife.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/the-namepersonality-relationship/

I have many friends and acquaintances whose names seem to fit them exactly and only one or two that feel that they should be called something different.

I can’t imagine that I would ever have dated people with certain names whereas other names always had a special ring to them for me.

And I once read that people with names starting or ending with the same letter are believed to have similar natures, and people with same names are seen to have similar personalities.

What do you think?

More Schooling Might Raise IQ – myOptumHealth

www.myoptumhealth.com12/26/11

Although time spent in school has been linked with IQ, earlier studies did not rule out the possibility that people with higher IQs might simply be likelier to get more education than others, the researchers noted. Now, however, "there is good evidence to support the notion that schooling does make you 'smarter' in some general relevant way as measured by IQ tests," said study author Taryn Galloway, a researcher at Statistics Norway in Oslo. Findings from the large-scale study appear …

Why Aren't We Smarter?

www.science20.com12/9/11

I thought that we are getting smarter. At least, that's the debate about the need to raise IQ norms, ie the Flynn Effect. I agree most with your statement that "In effect, it may be that our brain doesn't need to get any better." – to me …

Most kids are much better at dealing with high tech things like computers and cell phones than their parents and I wondered if IQ tests show that people are getting more intelligent with the passage of time.

And do men or women rate higher in tests, and are they given the same tests?

Thanks