Sujailee Rosado

Summer Williams
The Longevity Project Chapter 3

1. After taking the assessments I calculated my scores, on the first assessment

which was how we fall on the sociability scale, I got a score of 10. Which is
considered to be a higher score since the score should fall between 4 and 16.
After taking the emotional sociability self-assessment I computed my score to a
58. In the text it says that a score above 50 you are in the top 25 and a score
above 58 puts you in the top 5, with that being said and me having a score of 58 I
would say that I am in the top 5 percent. On the first assessment, I would say
that I got a score that was either around or a little above average and with the
second I got way above average and I feel that to be true as I am a very
emotional person and I tend to have very deep connections with my close friends
and I tend to keep healthy and loving friendships/relationships.
2. In the chapter, it talks about how people who rank very high on the sociability
tend to put themselves in riskier situations and tend to lean more toward the
party/social life which includes but is not limited to drinking and smoking,
(unhealthy behaviors) which are factors that can lead to premature death and
causes illness in adults and young adults

Part 2
1. Researchers define sociability by personality traits from childhood to adulthood.
If a person tends to be In more social groups if they want to be alone, what
activities they engage in, who they surround themselves with. How they
participate in social activities and events.
2. Is being sociable good for your health? Why or why not? Being sociable has two
effects, being an introvert people tend to have deeper connections with the
people they are close to and are more likely to have stable jobs and
relationships, while extroverts are more likely to have impulsive behaviors and
engage in environments that encourage unhealthy behaviors and they join the
dangers in the moment because it is the thing everyone else is doing.
3. Explain why the findings from the Terman study suggest being selective about
whom you socialize with because it continuously shows that it can help with long-
term health benefits. To enjoy the aspect of being a social person but to minimize
the risk of health-damaging behaviors. You can have the fun and be in the social
groups and environments but not let it take over your life as who you hang out
with does have an influence on your behaviors.
4. How does sociability relate to longevity? It was found that sociability doesn’t
really have an effect on the longevity of your life, one of the termites mentioned
was Paul. He was a well-liked, self-confident kid whilst caring about the opinions
of others, he was energetic and popular but his teacher said that he was more
interested in being social then activities and lessons in class. Paul did end up
dying young but others like him lived into old age which on average there were
 no associations between being sociable and having a long life. (Friedman,Martin,
2023)
5. The two different assessments are testing for your social scale which Is how liked
you are how you engage with other people if you are more inclined to being in.
large groups vs. being alone and if you are more likely to be a lovey person than
an intrtover4ted person, the other scale is trying to measure your emotional
connections to the activities and people you are associating yourself with the
emotional scale is to see how you care about people and what your willing to do
for relationships and friendships and how you tend to rely on them and have trust
in people while forming deeper connections when the sociable part isn’t really
trying to see how you care for people or if people care for you it’s just about how
well-liked you are in society and if you are the life of the party and popular having
many friends and not meaningful connections.
6. Discuss the different reactions you might get when you go out to socialize, but
you do not communicate emotionally. If you go out in public trying to
communicate without emotions for example by making little eye contact and not
showing interest in a conversation it will make people not really want to continue
with the conversation you will get very negative reactions, it could start
arguments out in public if you are speaking to someone and they can feel
disrespected by the actions of not acting interested. People could feel as if you
don’t care to form connections with them, it can come off and you think you are
better than other people by not taking the time to have a proper conversation.