Vultology Parallels to Psychology

Introduction

Vultology is a method of classification that relies on facial expressions, body mannerisms and voice tone to categorize people based on their most habitual mode of expressivity. However, whether a vultological classification has significant correspondence to psychological classification has remained untested. In this study, the Cognitive Type Vultology Code 3.0 (CTVC3) was used to classify 60 volunteers (3 subjects were removed due to unclear and unusable data) as one of four energetic types. These four energetic types are:

• Proactive-Rigid (PR)
• Reactive-Rigid (RR)
• Proactive-Fluid (PF)
• Reactive-Fluid (RF)

After vultological classification had been determined, the Energetics Survey 1 (ES1), a psychometric instrument composed of 40 questions, was administered to the volunteers, to independently measure their psychological aspects according to four possible results:

• Introverted Judgment (Ji)
• Extroverted Judgment (Je)
• Extroverted Perception (Pe)
• Introverted Perception (Pi)

Both points of data were compared against the null hypothesis (H0) and against the alternative hypothesis (H1) which predicts a nonrandom correspondence between PR↔Je, RR↔Ji, PF↔Je, and RF↔Pi according to the Cognitive Typology model. Pearson's chi-square test was used to measure whether the null hypothesis is a good fit for the data.

Vultology Classification

The CTVC3 contains 30 energetic signals which were used in this study. These are:

• 5 signals for Rigidity (R) (corr. J)
• 5 signals for Fluidity (F) (corr. P)
• 5 signals for Proactive Rigidity (PR) (corr. Je)
• 5 signals for Reactive Rigidity (RR) (corr. Ji)
• 5 signals for Proactive Fluidity (PF) (corr. Pe)
• 5 signals for Reactive Fluidity (RF) (corr. Pi)

Classification was determined by the sum of the Rigid or Fluid signals and the four energetics, then a comparison against the four separate sums was calculated to determine the highest value:

• RR = RR + R
• PR = PR + R
• PF = PF + F
• RF = RF + F

The 60 participant's classifications were:

Figure 1

Analysis

Using the data from Fig.1 the following table is constructed, where the groups are rows RR, PF, RF, PR and the responses are columns Ji, Pe, Pi and Je.

Figure 2

If we hypothesize that the vultology and survey results (group and response) are independent, the expected probabilities that a person in the sample is in both groups (e.g. RR and Ji), would be as follows:

Figure 3

The expected RR↔Ji frequency would be 12.13, and we observe a frequency of 19. The expected PR↔Pe frequency is 6.8, and we observe a frequency of 12. The expected RF↔Pi frequency is 0.9, and we observe a frequency of 4. The expected frequency of PR↔Je is 0.4, and we observe a frequency of 1. To calculate the X² statistic, we use the chi-square formula:

The resulting calculation yields a chi-square statistic of X² = 24.94. We then calculate the degrees of freedom (df) as (r-1)(c-1), to arrive at df=9. The critical chi-square (X­_c²) value for df=9 and p=0.05 is 16.919. A comparison of our X² result of 24.94 to the critical value 16.919 shows a higher statistic than the critical value needed, compelling us to reject the null hypothesis (H­­₀) in favor of the alternative hypothesis (H₁). The resulting chi-square statistic of X² = 24.94 extends beyond the needed critical value, and to a higher value of p ≤0.005 (23.589).

Conclusion

The vultology classifications from the CTVC3 and the ES1 psychological survey data show a statistically significant dependency, at a strength of p ≤0.005. These two separate forms of measurement have a dependent relationship to one another, allowing for the possibility of predicting psychology from a vultological analysis, at a rate high above chance.

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