The Secret Life of Pronouns: James Pennebaker at TEDxAustin

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  • čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
  • 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.
    Extend the conversation and expand on ideas with James Pennebaker: join their Opal Brainstorm at tedxaustin.ouropal.com/brains...
    In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Komentáře • 57

  • @syawkcab
    @syawkcab Před 3 lety +28

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

  • @marymissmelody8520
    @marymissmelody8520 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @WICKEDMAN85
    @WICKEDMAN85 Před 5 lety +2

    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
      @BlackMasterJoe89 Před 29 dny

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

  • @jhkeum0124
    @jhkeum0124 Před 5 lety +2

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

  • @christopherfegley421
    @christopherfegley421 Před 7 lety +6

    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
    @gadgetwhore2 Před 11 lety +7

    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?

  • @SheilaLowe
    @SheilaLowe Před 6 lety +11

    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
      @tdreamgmail Před 4 lety +2

      Do you have any data to back that up?

  • @HMALDANA
    @HMALDANA Před 8 lety +1

    Fascinating!

  • @glennbechm.2615
    @glennbechm.2615 Před 7 lety +13

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

  • @hotmetaldobermans
    @hotmetaldobermans Před 7 lety +4

    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
      @1995nicat Před 3 lety

      Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

  • @martinwilliams9866
    @martinwilliams9866 Před rokem +1

    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.

  • @gadgetwhore2
    @gadgetwhore2 Před 11 lety +4

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

  • @markhorton8578
    @markhorton8578 Před 10 lety +11

    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
      @TheTrippnotist Před 6 měsíci

      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
      @markhorton8578 Před 6 měsíci

      @@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.

  • @hennyzhi2261
    @hennyzhi2261 Před 10 lety +1

    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.

  • @Mordecai4861
    @Mordecai4861 Před 10 lety +5

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

    • @TimTale
      @TimTale Před 6 lety +1

      oh yes! That'll be interesting!

    • @yurijedi49
      @yurijedi49 Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @carinabeana
    @carinabeana Před 10 lety

    Yes, I heard it too.

  • @SoniaRichards19
    @SoniaRichards19 Před 4 lety +3

    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.

  • @lesliemiles3042
    @lesliemiles3042 Před 11 lety +3

    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?

  • @AJ12Gamer
    @AJ12Gamer Před 10 lety +7

    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....

  • @lesliemiles3042
    @lesliemiles3042 Před 11 lety

    He seeks and he finds.

  • @michaeldodd3563
    @michaeldodd3563 Před 9 lety +1

    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
      @Brainbuster Před 9 lety +1

      Michael Dodd Bob Saget.

    • @curtisking5138
      @curtisking5138 Před 6 lety

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

    • @gavin2391
      @gavin2391 Před 3 lety

      How did the essay go?

    • @markolke1424
      @markolke1424 Před 3 lety

      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
    @DexterHaven Před 11 lety

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

  • @QueenOfHeartsx
    @QueenOfHeartsx Před 11 lety +4

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

  • @WendyAchatz
    @WendyAchatz Před 2 lety

    Brought here from TikTok

  • @KarenDarmon
    @KarenDarmon Před 9 lety +3

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

  • @tealistful
    @tealistful Před 11 lety +1

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

  • @bricecook1680
    @bricecook1680 Před rokem

    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
      @martinwilliams9866 Před rokem

      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
    @kali4nia17 Před 7 lety +1

    Be careful listening to what they say.

  • @uniqueusername22337
    @uniqueusername22337 Před 7 měsíci

    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

  • @tdreamgmail
    @tdreamgmail Před 4 lety

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

  • @ceeveemydeen5174
    @ceeveemydeen5174 Před 3 lety

    Introvert, extrovert, selfish (individualist),

  • @DexterHaven
    @DexterHaven Před 11 lety +1

    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
    @DexterHaven Před 11 lety +2

    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!