I think that we are able to read our friends better than anyone else because we know them in a lot of different situations and from them we learn their reactions, good and bad. The statistic seems about right, I would think it would be higher but it may be scewed because it is slightly difficult to define what a "friend" is because sometimes we say people are our friends when they are really more like aquaintances. In this case, you may not know the person and their mind as well, making the data different.
The idea that 1/3 of the time you are able to tell how your friends are feeling is accurate in my opinion. How ever, I don't think that the ability to tell how a friend is feeling is limited to what ever your definition of a friend is. I think that some where in our unconscious mind is the ability to notice small changes about a person and using that info to try and infer what they are feeling even if you don't know them.
I agree that we may only be able to accuratly read about 35% of our friends reactions to things and feelings toward things on a daily basis. However, as Whitney and Jonathan said, it depends on your definition of a friend. In some cases, maybe you are able to read more than 35% and some cases maybe you are only able to read 25% or less. However, on average I think 35% accuracy for an "average" friend is accurate.
I disagree with this statement because if they are your true friend then you will know exactally what they are feeling. With my friends I can see it in their expressions, body language, mood and tone. When something is wrong I know, and if there is something wrong with me my friends know. I think about 90% of the time you can read your friends minds.
I agree that you can mind read what your friends are feeling about 1/3 of the time. But it depends on how close you are with your friends. If you are not close with a friend, then it might be hard for you to read what your friends are feeling. But if you are close with your friends then it will be easier to mind read what they are feeling. Some friends, no matter how close your are with them, cover their feelings. When this happens it is hard for a person mind read them.But on average I think you can mind read what your friends are feeling about 1/3 of the time.
I disagree with the statment that you could read a friends mind accuratly 35% of the time. I think that if you know someone long enough and well enough you could tell how they are feeling by their expressions and body language. But I believe the precent of accuracy depends on the person and the relationship. - Hodan Musa
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I think that we are able to read our friends better than anyone else because we know them in a lot of different situations and from them we learn their reactions, good and bad. The statistic seems about right, I would think it would be higher but it may be scewed because it is slightly difficult to define what a "friend" is because sometimes we say people are our friends when they are really more like aquaintances. In this case, you may not know the person and their mind as well, making the data different.
The idea that 1/3 of the time you are able to tell how your friends are feeling is accurate in my opinion. How ever, I don't think that the ability to tell how a friend is feeling is limited to what ever your definition of a friend is. I think that some where in our unconscious mind is the ability to notice small changes about a person and using that info to try and infer what they are feeling even if you don't know them.
I agree that we may only be able to accuratly read about 35% of our friends reactions to things and feelings toward things on a daily basis. However, as Whitney and Jonathan said, it depends on your definition of a friend. In some cases, maybe you are able to read more than 35% and some cases maybe you are only able to read 25% or less. However, on average I think 35% accuracy for an "average" friend is accurate.
I disagree with this statement because if they are your true friend then you will know exactally what they are feeling. With my friends I can see it in their expressions, body language, mood and tone. When something is wrong I know, and if there is something wrong with me my friends know. I think about 90% of the time you can read your friends minds.
Margot Madden
I agree that you can mind read what your friends are feeling about 1/3 of the time. But it depends on how close you are with your friends. If you are not close with a friend, then it might be hard for you to read what your friends are feeling. But if you are close with your friends then it will be easier to mind read what they are feeling. Some friends, no matter how close your are with them, cover their feelings. When this happens it is hard for a person mind read them.But on average I think you can mind read what your friends are feeling about 1/3 of the time.
Hannah Thomas
I disagree with the statment that you could read a friends mind accuratly 35% of the time. I think that if you know someone long enough and well enough you could tell how they are feeling by their expressions and body language. But I believe the precent of accuracy depends on the person and the relationship.
- Hodan Musa
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