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Looking to do a brief (text) interview with a blind person for a research paper for school (self.Blind)
submitted 7y ago by OzCello
Hi guys, like the title says, I'm looking for a blind person who can answer a few questions for me.
My paper discusses why people gauge the trustworthiness of others by what they see. For instance, in a library, people are very likely to ask someone sitting near them if he or she can watch their stuff for them while they go to the bathroom or something. This is paradoxical because they end up trusting individuals over the population they are a part of simply because they can see them and make judgments. The person they ask, as a member of the population of people in the library, is exactly one of the people they're scared might take their stuff.
I am interested in the process of developing trust for people who do not have the ability to make judgments of the trustworthiness of others based on sight, so I would like to ask a few questions to such a person. Please let me know if you're interested! Thanks.
My paper discusses why people gauge the trustworthiness of others by what they see. For instance, in a library, people are very likely to ask someone sitting near them if he or she can watch their stuff for them while they go to the bathroom or something. This is paradoxical because they end up trusting individuals over the population they are a part of simply because they can see them and make judgments. The person they ask, as a member of the population of people in the library, is exactly one of the people they're scared might take their stuff.
I am interested in the process of developing trust for people who do not have the ability to make judgments of the trustworthiness of others based on sight, so I would like to ask a few questions to such a person. Please let me know if you're interested! Thanks.
Unuhi 2 points
Everyone has their own judgment.
I watch other people's stuff when they ask - it just means i have to be close enough to detect the presence of anyone else (i do have some personal space so if someone is standing close to me i can usually feel it).
But i really hate leaving my junk out of my "sight".
If I'm out, it means my backpack stays with me or my purse is on my body and not on the back of the chair if i'm in a pub or a library or some other place.
I would trust my blind friends to watch for my stuff, and i'd trust the bus drivers, and friends I've known for a long time, but that's it.
I'll elaborate more if you want but i have no clue how to send a private message with the app i'm using to browse reddit.
I watch other people's stuff when they ask - it just means i have to be close enough to detect the presence of anyone else (i do have some personal space so if someone is standing close to me i can usually feel it).
But i really hate leaving my junk out of my "sight".
If I'm out, it means my backpack stays with me or my purse is on my body and not on the back of the chair if i'm in a pub or a library or some other place.
I would trust my blind friends to watch for my stuff, and i'd trust the bus drivers, and friends I've known for a long time, but that's it.
I'll elaborate more if you want but i have no clue how to send a private message with the app i'm using to browse reddit.
OzCello [OP] 1 points
Hey, thanks for the answer!
I have a few more questions going off of what you told me:
1. Would you say you are overall trusting of the individual strangers around you as you go about your day, or distrusting? Why?
2. Do you ever find yourself using strangers’ voices as a way of making initial judgments as to whether or not you should trust them? (Assuming it's necessary that you make this judgment)
3.Do you think there’s a difference between how you trust people in person vs less personal mediums of communication? Do you feel different levels of confidence in judging a stranger's trustworthiness in an in-person setting, a phone call setting, or a text-based setting (like email), or are they all similar?
Thanks for your time
I have a few more questions going off of what you told me:
1. Would you say you are overall trusting of the individual strangers around you as you go about your day, or distrusting? Why?
2. Do you ever find yourself using strangers’ voices as a way of making initial judgments as to whether or not you should trust them? (Assuming it's necessary that you make this judgment)
3.Do you think there’s a difference between how you trust people in person vs less personal mediums of communication? Do you feel different levels of confidence in judging a stranger's trustworthiness in an in-person setting, a phone call setting, or a text-based setting (like email), or are they all similar?
Thanks for your time
Unuhi 1 points
Overall trusting level in person: low
It always starts from low, and will get built up
(Or also abruptly broken)
How often do i judge people's trustworthiness o r safety for the voice? All the time
Also on what people say.
On phone: low trust
If the person i talk to does not identify themself with name, function, and callback number or work vierifiable details, very low
Example from thecreal life: some person calling from "the doctor's office" for a callback, did not introduce himself with name, AND I found the call in my facetime log - i changed the doctor, but if I get something like thst again, i'll report it to the police
Email: easier for me than on phone because i can be more precise and have a better conversation.
In person situations can be good or bad.
Depends on how comfortable i feel in the place/situation/noise level/generally with the person.
It always starts from low, and will get built up
(Or also abruptly broken)
How often do i judge people's trustworthiness o r safety for the voice? All the time
Also on what people say.
On phone: low trust
If the person i talk to does not identify themself with name, function, and callback number or work vierifiable details, very low
Example from thecreal life: some person calling from "the doctor's office" for a callback, did not introduce himself with name, AND I found the call in my facetime log - i changed the doctor, but if I get something like thst again, i'll report it to the police
Email: easier for me than on phone because i can be more precise and have a better conversation.
In person situations can be good or bad.
Depends on how comfortable i feel in the place/situation/noise level/generally with the person.
OzCello [OP] 1 points
Just to clarify, when you talk about comfort in an in-person situation with respect to the noise level, does a higher noise level correspond with less comfort, and vice versa?
Also, what do you mean when you say that email makes it easier for you because you can "be more precise and have a better conversation?" Can you be a bit more specific?
And lastly, can you elaborate more on how you use peoples' voices to make judgments? Or is it kind of a subconscious thing?
Also, what do you mean when you say that email makes it easier for you because you can "be more precise and have a better conversation?" Can you be a bit more specific?
And lastly, can you elaborate more on how you use peoples' voices to make judgments? Or is it kind of a subconscious thing?
Unuhi 1 points
Loud noises in a place where i'm at: uncomfortable, makes it harder to hear what the others say. And i can't hear what happens from the other sounds.
Also if it's quiet but i don't know who else are around when i'm talking with someone it makes me feel uncomfortable. I don't like people eavesdropping so that's a bit of an issue in silent environments.
Email feels nicer than on phone because people can finish their thoughts and compose their full thoughts and stories. And you don't get interrupted like on phone.
Perhaps one more reason for disliking phone is i used to need to talk with a lot pf people on the phone and fix their problems.
Some customers used to yell (because of whatever problem unrelated to me: i wasn't even in their country).
Then there were the ones who demanded princess treatment just because their (entitlement syndrome).
And those deep sights that I dreaded.
Or those UK polite voices that ... have the UK politeness that really isn't and that's complicated.
And all those Bangalore voices and Chinese and South African accents...
Now most voices on the phone are from here in US, from native speakers of English, and I'm not in the mood to usually figure out who they are or whether i need to tell them anything personal.
How i judge the voices... Subconscious mostly, i think?
Sometimes you must know someone sounds sincere.
While often people who try to give the very polite and turstworthy sounding voice (in their job especially) fail.
If in doubt, drop in a few self-depracating jokes and see if they have a good reaction.
Or ask them something, ... Catching lies is a lot more complicated without being able to see the body language. Especially when there isn't the benefit of first language either, so odd expressions pass my sieve.
Also if it's quiet but i don't know who else are around when i'm talking with someone it makes me feel uncomfortable. I don't like people eavesdropping so that's a bit of an issue in silent environments.
Email feels nicer than on phone because people can finish their thoughts and compose their full thoughts and stories. And you don't get interrupted like on phone.
Perhaps one more reason for disliking phone is i used to need to talk with a lot pf people on the phone and fix their problems.
Some customers used to yell (because of whatever problem unrelated to me: i wasn't even in their country).
Then there were the ones who demanded princess treatment just because their (entitlement syndrome).
And those deep sights that I dreaded.
Or those UK polite voices that ... have the UK politeness that really isn't and that's complicated.
And all those Bangalore voices and Chinese and South African accents...
Now most voices on the phone are from here in US, from native speakers of English, and I'm not in the mood to usually figure out who they are or whether i need to tell them anything personal.
How i judge the voices... Subconscious mostly, i think?
Sometimes you must know someone sounds sincere.
While often people who try to give the very polite and turstworthy sounding voice (in their job especially) fail.
If in doubt, drop in a few self-depracating jokes and see if they have a good reaction.
Or ask them something, ... Catching lies is a lot more complicated without being able to see the body language. Especially when there isn't the benefit of first language either, so odd expressions pass my sieve.
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