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In an earlier post, I reviewed some research that showed how a picture of someone smiling at a young age, such as in high school yearbooks, could predict lower divorce rates later in life and even longer lifespan. The ability of one snapshot photo to convey so much information about a person, effects that last for many decades later, is quite remarkable. Read More
Intense smile ... hmmm
I think todays youth ... what with cameras built into phones, and with every one of them carrying a phone, and with all the picture taking being done ... just spend a minute or two in "anydowntownbaranywhereintheworld" ... have mastered the instantaneous intense smile ... and so that smile does not imo carry the information you think it does.
The data show otherwise
I agree that people take many pictures but note that the study focuses on the profile picture alone. People probably pay more attention to what they post in their profile.
Image Management
Wouldn't the profile picture be less representative of someone's internal state?
People do practice image management on Facebook in which they only present their "best" and "grandiose" moments, at least that's what I do.
right
But wouldn't you expect that in this case, most people will introduce someone smiling or happy? And besides, why your mental state at the time you took the picture affect your happiness years later?
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