The Secret Life of Pronouns: James Pennebaker at TEDxAustin

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I, You, Me, We, Us -- small words with the tremendous ability to illuminate who we are and how we're feeling.
Chair of the Department of Psychology at one of the largest universities in the country, Jamie delves into our use of language and how it can reflect -- and reshape -- our understanding of ourselves, our interactions with others and our underlying feelings of strength and empowerment.
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@syawkcab 3 жыл бұрын

This guy would be very good at identifying the Imposter in Among Us

@marymissmelody8520 3 жыл бұрын

Jordan Petersen's Self Authoring bought me here. Amazing Sir. Thank you

@WICKEDMAN85 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, was recommended this Ted Talk by my Daygame Coach back in 2014 and only re-watched the programme and saw his comment on watching this talk!! I am so glad I did and will defintely be using this when talking with others and especially women. Cheers Yad and especial appaluse to James Pennebaker.

@BlackMasterJoe89 Ай бұрын

Which coach recommended you this talk? And how does it help you talking with others?

@SheilaLowe 6 жыл бұрын

As a forensic handwriting analyst who has also studied statement analysis, I find this material relates well to the way people write. For example, the way the single personal pronoun I is written (its shape, size), the distance it is placed from other letters, the direction it leans, in the context of that handwriting all reveal a great deal about the person.

@tdreamgmail 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have any data to back that up?

@jhkeum0124 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing insight. Words show yourself! That's why you should check your own writing. Awesome.

@christopherfegley421 7 жыл бұрын

Function words and their relevance to Autism (Theory of Mind) Has anyone discussed the relevance of function words and Autis??? Given Dr Pennebakers insistence that function words are "social" and disclose how people are relating, it seams incredibly important to ASD and Simon Baron Cohen's Theory of Mind. I haven't been this excited about research since Grad school. If anyone has a direction for me to pursue, I'd be most grateful.

@gadgetwhore2 11 жыл бұрын

I was playing on what he said about the boss and the underling, the boss does not use I or me and the underling does. So, I omitted some pronouns in a yes, a deliberate falsification. Well put. Sometimes you read a story in the New Yorker or Times and they refer to themselves (the writer) that way, so snobby, I thought. It made them seem more objective, though. That's the key, how they are perceived and that gives words power. Perception and influence; powerful tools. I love words, don't you?

@HMALDANA 8 жыл бұрын

Fascinating!

@hotmetaldobermans 7 жыл бұрын

I suggest everyone to research Dr. Sarno's work, about the Mind + Body. He's been touting this for decades. Also, look up the film "All The Rage", playing in some theaters now.

@1995nicat 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

@markhorton8578 10 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a brilliant talk, but I can instantly think of many people who do not fit the described rule, quite the reverse in fact. One of many you can check for yourself in film, would be Lord Mountbatten. In describing the history of the WWII in Indonesia and the Pacific, he uses the word "I" so much, that it is hard to imagine that he didn't win the war by himself.

@TheTrippnotist 6 ай бұрын

I think context matters here - in recounting personal history heavy ‘I’ use would likely be present in correlation with a sense of personal agency. Active voice for the action man! This is different from the present, more ‘management’ based context highlighted by JP’s examples.

@markhorton8578 6 ай бұрын

@@TheTrippnotist I don't think you have spent many hours in management meetings. When managing directors are doing badly, some of them will go into it's "all about me speeches". I, I , I.

@martinwilliams9866 Жыл бұрын

This could be used to determine how suggestible & therefore hypnotisable people are, as to a large degree it's based of personalibilty, & if that's determined by a Pronoun match index, we then have an objective method as to who is more hypnotisable by whom.

@glennbechm.2615 7 жыл бұрын

Can we have a reference list for this TED-Talk?

@gadgetwhore2 11 жыл бұрын

This viewer found Mr. Pennebaker's talk quite enlightening and hopes all viewers can gain some insight into their own interpersonal communications.

@leahmoore1016 6 жыл бұрын

Gadgetwhore2

@gavin2391 3 жыл бұрын

Gadgetwhore2

@carinabeana 10 жыл бұрын

Yes, I heard it too.

@hennyzhi2261 10 жыл бұрын

As a programming student, I still find it somewhat arbitrary to create programs to monitor text. The only convenience of texting is for rapid communication of direct statements; the backbone of the new business industry. But social conversation from texting has destroy faces, voices, bodies, and even flexible format which is necessary in getting along with other people. I'd rather see the hardware industry bridge that gap than see mediocrity exist where normal people will shy away from the outside in favor of texting. But maybe being owned by industry is the one necessary human mistake that needs to happen in order for that bridge to be built. We may one day program Augmented Intelligence rather than created Artificial Intelligence.

@SoniaRichards19 4 жыл бұрын

In IEMT devised by Andrew Austin we pay special attention to pro-nouns and use this work the help with many emotional and identity based issues. The work is also influenced by David Grove’s work.

@Mordecai4861 10 жыл бұрын

I would find it interesting to see how function word use is connected to mb personality types.

@TimTale 6 жыл бұрын

oh yes! That'll be interesting!

@yurijedi49 4 жыл бұрын

myers-briggs isn't relevant in academia. they might do this, and I think they already did, with regards to big five types.

@lesliemiles3042 11 жыл бұрын

The methods used to study group relatioships make me think that "Person of Interest" is more than a TV show. Is Harold Finch's charachter based on James Pennebaker?

@lesliemiles3042 11 жыл бұрын

He seeks and he finds.

@AJ12Gamer 10 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one that hears the words "Fuckin' dead" within the first seconds of the video? P.S. I'm also using head phones....

@didfrost 5 жыл бұрын

I have heard also.

@QueenOfHeartsx 11 жыл бұрын

he aint the best public speaker but the subject matter is incredibly interesting

@michaeldodd3563 9 жыл бұрын

Happened upon this while in search for information on how to write an essay without first person pronouns. This is proving to be a difficult task. Does anyone have any advice?

@Brainbuster 9 жыл бұрын

Michael Dodd Bob Saget.

@curtisking5138 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Dodd : Simple. Do not write dialogues and do not write about yourself!

@gavin2391 3 жыл бұрын

How did the essay go?

@markolke1424 3 жыл бұрын

I am answering too late but there I work ...teachers called a former secretary the 'royal we'...she was bossy, straight, impeccable and super organized...yet she never asked I ask you to..or Do this or that...but she used that pronoun: 'we' because she was in a position of power over the rest of the staff since she was in charge of the whole organization of our institution.

@DexterHaven 11 жыл бұрын

OK, then, fine, in the opinion of this particular KZfaqr, that's a good explanation.

@WendyAchatz 2 жыл бұрын

Brought here from TikTok

@KarenDarmon 9 жыл бұрын

it all correlates but correlation doesn't imply causation; so what comes first: the chicken or the egg?

@themis6906 9 жыл бұрын

The cock

@ryanjavierortega8513 6 жыл бұрын

Hegel.

@chrisvaccaro229 5 жыл бұрын

yea you’re right it’s probably the words that are causing the depression!!! that makes sense! stop lol

@tealistful 11 жыл бұрын

Dexter, you seem a little obsessed with Dr. Pennebaker. You OK, bud? =0\

@bricecook1680 Жыл бұрын

What he misses totally is the subconscious sentences within the paragraphs of language... the subconscious always tells the truth and does not keep secrets or deceive.... it tells you everything in hidden code though very very very small tiny decimal percentage of people can hear the subconscious speak

@martinwilliams9866 Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what he's talking about, the words no one gives much thought about, granted there's also patterns like Milton Erickson's analogue marking etc.

@kali4nia17 7 жыл бұрын

Be careful listening to what they say.

@tdreamgmail 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. It's true. High status people are the best liars. That's why they're high status.

@uniqueusername22337 8 ай бұрын

how did the story about trauma journaling connect to the rest of the video? people saying I on their journal fared worse? Never made that clear.. great video otherwise

@ceeveemydeen5174 3 жыл бұрын

Introvert, extrovert, selfish (individualist),

@DexterHaven 11 жыл бұрын

Your use of "this viewer" instead of "I" seemed like a deliberate falsification of your ordinary speech and thought process, a self-conscious affectation. I don't think that is preferable to saying, "I liked this speech!"

@DexterHaven 11 жыл бұрын

6:00 Never seen a guy utter so many words without saying anything of substance. The art of beating around the bush! It's TED! Get to the point already! Gosh! All he does is restate the obvious -- "am" is the present tense. Duh. Tell me something I don't already know. This guy needs the hook or an editor!!! Chuckle-headed verbosity!