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Hannah Howe

At the time of the Profumo affair in 1963, sociologist Heinrich Blezinger conducted a survey. He wanted to discover the qualities most desired in a friend.

I’d like to replicate the survey here and compare the results.

Part Three: please select the qualities you most desire in a friend.

Reliability
Sensitivity
Sociability
Tolerance

Multiple choice

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Apr 29, 2025, 06:51 PM·Public
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Jo

@HannahHowe does it very much from the original?

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Hannah Howe

@Beedazzled

Here are the results.

Blezinger placed his results in three groups.

Group A Honesty and Reliability

Group B Humour, Tolerance, Intelligence and Sensitivity

Group C Conscientiousness, Fidelity, Explicitness, Activity and Sociability

The Mastodon results:

Honesty 112 votes
Humour 77
Intelligence 76
Conscientiousness 71
Reliability 70
Sensitivity 57
Fidelity 55
Tolerance 54
Explicitness 23
Activity 21
Sociability 15
Wealth 1

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