"When students or faculty took books out, they were asked to sign their names on an orange, unlined card found in each book. At some point, I noticed a pattern: When faculty signed the books out, they used a lot of space to sign their names. When students checked them out, they used very little space, leaving a lot of space for future readers."
"I gathered at least 10 signatures for each faculty member and comparison samples of student signatures with the same number of letters in their names. After measuring by multiplying the height versus the width of the amount of space used, I found that eight of the nine faculty members used significantly more space to sign their names. In order to test for age as well as status, I did another study"
Donald Trump's large, bold signature is noted alongside an association between signature size and self-regard. A long-time social psychologist with decades of interest in elite behavior observed an empirical pattern as an undergraduate in 1967. Library borrowers signed orange, unlined cards, and faculty routinely used far more space than students. The investigator collected multiple signatures per person, measured area by height times width, and found most faculty signed using significantly more space. The measurement suggested a link between signature size, status, and self-esteem, prompting further studies to test age versus status effects.
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