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I've heard mentioned in books on psychology before about this effect, and it seems at least from a clinical perspective, that people do tend to choose their pro

I've heard mentioned in books on psychology before about this effect, and it seems at least from a clinical perspective, that people do tend to choose their professions based on their names. I'm sorry I can't provide sources.

Retra 12y ago
We would expect people to also tend to choose their names based on their parents, as well as choosing their jobs based on their upbringing.
- emodendroket 12y ago
  That's obvious, but I would hope the psychologists purportedly studying this topic thought of that when they designed their experiment.
jlees 12y ago
It's mentioned in "Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive"[1], which despite the title, is a really interesting book. The Freakonomics blog quotes it here: http://freakonomics.com/2009/04/24/yes-part-ii/ http://freakonomics.com/2009/04/24/yes-part-ii/ referencing this paper "Why Susie Sells Seashells by the Seashore: Implicit Egotism and Life Decisions" http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/stuff_for_blog/susie.pdf http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/stuff_for_blog/susie.pd... [1]http://www.amazon.com/Yes-Scientifically-Proven-Ways-Persuasive/dp/1416570969 http://www.amazon.com/Yes-Scientifically-Proven-Ways-Persuas...