Psychologists have identified types of drunks based on how someone handles liquor in social tweaks.
What kind of drinker are you?
You likely know from real-life experiences that alcohol can have drastically different personality effects on people.
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Members of this group reported only slight personality changes when intoxicated.
Their conscientiousness (e.g.
being prepared, organized, or prompt) and intellect (e.g.
understanding abstract ideas and being imaginative) were affected less than the rest of the sample.
Interestingly, this punch in of drunk is by far the largest group.
blacking out, or being arrested because of drunken behavior).
This is your shy friend who becomes the life of the party after a few drinks.
It’s hard to deny the anecdotal truth in the research.
Still, the study authors do admit to a number of limitations.
