Personality traits correlations

[Socionics Is A Cult]

(From the book Originals by Adam Grant)

Root-Bernstein, R., Allen, L., Beach, L., Bhadula, R., Fast, J., Hosey, C., Kremkow, B., Lapp, J., Lonc, K., Pawelec, K. and Podufaly, A., 2008. Arts foster scientific success: avocations of nobel, national academy, royal society, and sigma xi members. Journal of Psychology of Science and Technology, 1(2), pp.51-63. (direct link to pdf file)

"Our data confirm McClelland’s (1962 ) finding that physical
scientists enjoyed music but avoided art, poetry, plays, and
most other arts, while also validating Terman’s (1954 )
report that scientists’ favorite arts-related avocation is
photography. Nonscientists appear to enjoy writing
poetry, performance arts, and visual arts to a significantly
higher degree than the average scientist.
Eminent scientists have a different profile of arts
and crafts interests than do typical scientists. The typical
Royal Society and National Academy of Sciences
member was almost twice as likely to have crafts avo
cations as the typical Sigma Xi member or the U.S.
public. Nobel laureates were almost three times as
likely to have arts and crafts avocations as Sigma Xi
members and the U.S. public, and about 50% more
likely to have such avocations than Royal Society or
National Academy of Sciences members."

"A more detailed analysis of the incidence of specific
avocations yields equally significant differences
between the various groups. The results (Figure 2)
demonstrate that Nobel laureates are at least as likely
(and as much as a factor of 8 more likely) to be
photographers than the average scientist; at least a factor
of 2 (and as much as 18) more likely to be a practicing
musician, composer, or conductor; at least a factor
of 7 more likely to be a visual artist, sculptor, or
printmaker; at least a factor of 7.5 more likely to be a
craftsperson engaged in woodwork, mechanics, electronics,
glassblowing, and so on; at least a factor of 12
more likely to write poetry, short stories, plays, essays,
novels, or popular books; and at least a factor of 22
more likely to be an amateur actor, dancer, magician,
or other performer. "