'Envious' May Just Be The Most Common Personality Type
Are you one of those jealous people constantly comparing your life to that of Kim Kardashian or your friend with the great vacation pictures on Facebook? Good news: you don’t need to envy about one-third of the population, because they’re wasting their time being envious, too.
A new study out of Spain, published Thursday in Science Advances, suggests that “envious” is the most common personality type. A computer algorithm classified people based on their behavior in hundreds of social dilemma scenarios and found the majority could be categorized into four basic personality types: optimistic, pessimistic, trustful and envious. Thirty percent of the people were rated as envious.
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