Can they all be about confirmation?
2007-02-07 23:23:54 · 15 answers · asked by Barbara Doll to you 7 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Rather than "confirmation" I would call it "validation".
Anyone has the right to express any opinion but It seems to me that Yahoo7 answers is more about getting "gung ho" support from any majority, minority or even fringe group.
This they can get at their local bar or hang out.
Questions by their nature should seek answers not impose answers on people who weren't interested in the question in the first place.
On the other hand asking questions if you want answers you disagree with that could be the basis of intellectual debate.
2007-02-07 23:51:09 · answer #1 · answered by salubrious 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Some people do ask questions looking for confirmation, but then occasionally a brilliant answer comes along which gives them insights, and though this brilliant answer may contradict their original idea, the asker learns from this answer and may actually pick this answer as the best answer. I'm such an asker.
Sometimes I ask questions because I genuinely don't know the answer.
2007-02-07 23:32:04 · answer #2 · answered by Lilliana 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
there is no point in asking to read your matched idea in reply to your answer. mostly askers question to really enrich their knowledge, and what answer they choose as best, are the ones that have really helped them with their problem, or either can help them best as in what situation they are.
however some questions can be for confirmation, in which i dont see any comment to make. we mostly have an idea about sth, but dont know the right and wrong about it, therefore we ask to make sure to what extend are we thinking true.....but they do not necessarily choose the answer as best that is matching their idea; some times it happenes to choose the answer that is opposite your idea but is the very right option.
however, enigmas are exception.
2007-02-07 23:55:05 · answer #3 · answered by Alkahest 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose some people see others agreeing with them as validation that they are approved of and correct in their way of thinking. I would have thought that it was more interesting to receive answers which would make you think about things a little differently or perhaps change your perspective on things, but people have their own motivations for doing what they do.
2007-02-08 02:28:51 · answer #4 · answered by deee999 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would you think 2 heads are better than one? How about more than 4? We do this because for every question we ask there must be a suitable answer to it, which is best to individual circumstances who needs the answers. Thats why we choose the best.
2007-02-07 23:47:10 · answer #5 · answered by briggs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes i think you are right and may be it looks like (in most cases) that it is a teen age style of talking just like free groups, point making.
For years i have been tracking some intellectual groups, but orthodox rigidity and ignorance is widespread.
Agreed.
2007-02-08 01:03:59 · answer #6 · answered by Perceptionzzz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There would be two trains of thought on that. The first one being that the asker is closed minded. The second, the asker already has the personal answer. They are looking for validation of their feelings or thoughts. It is so much easier to hear that you are correct from strangers than to hear that you are wrong from people you care about.
2007-02-07 23:31:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Wants to confirm fears, expectations and beliefs.
2007-02-08 00:12:54 · answer #8 · answered by Andrew O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No point at all but that's what some people seem to want on here. I'll probably get a thumbs down for my response but hopefully not from you!!!
2007-02-07 23:27:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah,They take it as a personnal insult. when u get one like that, keep an eye open for them and as soon as they ask another Q, really run them down. It's for their own good, they need toughening up.
2007-02-07 23:49:35 · answer #10 · answered by FIZZYMIA 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋