A total of 115 people guessed Dr. Phil Zimbardo's personality during our contest (55 members and 60 anonymous visitors). "Aumer" and "Corrie" held the lead until the last day when "Drokaergun" came out of nowhere and saw right through Dr. Zimbardo. Her score was r=.86 which was through the roof. When we caught up to her to award her a signed copy of The Lucifer Effect and a YouJustGetMe tshirt, we learned she is a 5th year Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota originally from Istanbul with interests in political psychology. Dr. Zimbardo was delighted by the overlap in interests and the mysterious connection. And it seemed to confirm what we've seen on YJGM: guessing someone's personality traits (page 1 of the clipboard) is the easy part. It's guessing their beliefs, values, and attitudes (pages 2 and 3 on the clipboard) that really sets a mind-reader apart from the rest. Guess a few random people to test that hypothesis! And thanks to everyone for playing.
December 2007 Archives
We are pleased to note that Stanford Emeritus Professor Phil Zimbardo has joined our site, and he thought it was so much fun that he let us hold a contest to see who out there gets him best. Lots of people know Dr. Zimbardo (from his famous 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, his testimony at the Abu Ghraib hearings, or his appearance on the Daily Show) but we want to find out who who out there really "gets" Dr. Zimbardo! He's alredy answered the 40 questions about his personality, so click the link below to guess what he said. The best guesser as of midnight Saturday December 15th gets a signed first-edition hardcover of his new book The Lucifer Effect which draws on the lessons of the Stanford Prison Experiment to explain Abu Ghraib. And we'll also throw in a YouJustGetMe t-shirt that says "I Get Phil Zimbardo." Here's the link! http://www.youjustgetme.com/DrZ
Our heady little community here on YouJustGetMe has recently attracted the attention of the press. Here are a couple of articles by people who are turned on about what we're doing.
