University of Texas at Austin tackled a very fun project: What’s the difference between dog and cat people? Sure, some people claim to love both dogs and cats, but I’m one of those who thinks that deep down, each of us is either a cat or dog person. Me?
In case you haven’t guessed, I’m a cat person. It’s not that I don’t like dogs. I’ve even worked with dogs before in a boarding setting, but it’s cats that have my heart with just a glance.
Using an online questionnaire about personality that measured conscientiousness, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and neuroticism, the researchers found that people who identified themselves as dog people (regardless of gender) were more agreeable, conscientious and outgoing.
People claiming to be cat folks were more neurotic, but also more open, nontraditional or creative. Of course, that doesn’t mean cat people are neurotic, but just that they scored higher on that personality trait than dog people. The pet research was part of a larger personality study including 4,500 people. Read more about the pet study at CNN.
Are you a dog or cat person?
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