Are You Optimistic, Trusting, or Something Else?
Whether it is a job, clothes or a holiday, if you have ever felt annoyed that someone else has the things you want, you’re probably not alone.
In fact, most of the population will feel like this a lot of the time, according to a new study.
This is because envy is the most common of four basic personality traits that shape human behaviour, scientists have revealed.
A new study found 90 percent of the population can be divided into four personality types: optimistic, pessimistic, trusting and envious.
Of these, ‘envious’ was the most widespread, describing 30 percent of individuals compared with 20 percent for each of the other groups.
Researchers at the University of Zaragoza and the Carlos III University of Madrid made the discovery after analysing the responses of 541 volunteers to hundreds of social dilemma scenarios.
Participants were put into pairs and given options that either led to collaboration or conflict with others.
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In one game called the Stag Hunt, players would be rewarded with raffle tickets for a chance to win a €40 (£33) prize.
In the game, two people are offered the choice to hunt for a stag or a rabbit.
Stags are worth more, but they must both choose to hunt a stag to succeed.
If they choose to hunt rabbits, they can do so on their own and they are guaranteed a ticket for the draw.
In other words, envious types would hunt for the rabbit – as they cannot bear another person doing better than them, even if it means they receive less.
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