2024-05-03 05:01:53
Have you ever seen a car or two-wheeler (motorcycle) driver speeding down the road making a loud noise with an illegally modified silencer (aka muffler) and inadvertently called them a ‘psycho’?
According to a psychologist’s research, these people are more likely to be psychopaths or sadists.
Julie Aitken Shermer, a psychology professor at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, was often startled by loud noises that sounded like gunfire. Accordingly, he began his research with the question, ‘Who are the people who want to make this type of noise?’
And last year, a paper titled ‘Men are more likely to desire loud cars with modified silencers and are predicted to have higher psychopathy and sadism scores’ was published in the international academic journal ‘Personality Psychology’.
According to a recent report by Canada’s public broadcaster CBC, Professor Shermer surveyed 529 college business students (289 men, 234 women, and 6 who identified as ‘other’). He asked them: ▼ whether they see their cars as extensions of themselves, ▼ how ‘cool’ they find loud cars, and ▼ whether they would make their cars louder by modifying their mufflers. She also surveyed people about personality traits, including narcissism, psychopathology, and Machiavellianism (related to manipulative and manipulative personalities).
Professor Shermer expected silencer modification to be related to narcissism, but the results were different.
“We found that sadism and psychopathy were predictors of who would modify their muffler, who felt more connected to their vehicle, and who thought loud cars were really cool,” he said.
“There appears to be a cynical disregard for the feelings and reactions of others. “That’s what shows up as a psychopath, and it may be that they get pleasure from seeing people surprised,” Professor Shermer explained.
Bailey Trapp, a car enthusiast who runs a car modification business in London, Ontario, rejected the study results, calling them “stereotypes.”
He said many of those who drive noisy cars are older gentlemen who often attend charity events organized by the car community. At the same time, he argued that the harsh growl of a fuel-guzzling engine or the gunshot sound of an exhaust pipe are a means of expression, like ripped jeans or a shiny dress.
Professor Shermer dismissed this, saying, “It is different from the demographics and characteristics I studied.”
He said people attending approved charity events would modify their cars in a legal and safe manner, and perhaps reduce noise if asked politely. They emphasized that they are different from those who engage in speed competitions on public roads without permission.
Professor Shermer acknowledged that not all loud car enthusiasts share characteristics with very dangerous criminals. But quite a few people pointed out that it was.
“The personality profile of people who use loud noisemakers is the same as the personality profile of people who commit illegal arson,” Professor Shermer said.
He said he plans to further expand the research, saying that the problem of noise pollution caused by gatherings of cars with illegally modified silencers must be dealt with more seriously.
Park Hae-sik, Donga.com reporter [email protected]
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