MIRRORING: PARROT PERSONALITIES & SOCIAL TRENDS

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinion, their lives a mimicry, their passion a quotation; a phrase by Oscar Wilde. When you converse with other people, have you ever been surprised at how similar your reactions are to theirs? Psychologists call that Mirroring. Almost everyone mimics the gestures of people they are fond of subconsciously. The question is, what drives people to behave this way? Read More …