Interesting Facts about Albania - No. 2

 


      When an Albanian is agreeing with you, he or she will shake their head, and when they are disagreeing with you they will nod.  Be warned and avoid confusion.  Yes means No and no means yes.

Interesting Facts about Albania


Psychological facts about nodding head

Psychologists believed that just as smiling can make a person feel happy, nodding could encourage positive thoughts. It isn't that simple, say psychologists Richard Petty of Ohio State University, Columbus, and Pablo Briñol of the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain.

Petty and Briñol asked undergraduates to listen to various radio editorials through headphones while either nodding or shaking their heads. As expected, students who nodded during an editorial that made convincing arguments agreed more strongly with what they had heard than those who shook their heads. Surprisingly, students who listened to an editorial that made poorly reasoned arguments had the opposite reaction: Instead of feeling more positive about what they had heard, those who nodded agreed less than those who shook their heads.


Agree or i understand



The nod means almost universally - “yes, I agree” or “I understand”. But what about the small details? can they tell us something more? How often you nod, how do you nod and where do you look when you nod can tell a lot more than just that it's a sign for agreement or comprehension.


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