Hi On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Laura Valvatne wrote: > A 60-year-old male who works for the U.S. Department of Agriculture > sent me the following letter. I would appreciate any thoughts you have > before I reply. > > > "Would you be able to recommend to me some reading material about a > couple of topics that I've pondered about for a long time, but haven't > come up with any answers. Maybe even a class at the College that would > enlighten me. > > 1- What is it about some folks, both at work and in my personal life, > that just plain talk too much. They will even follow me to keep talking, > its not lecturing type talk, its just talk about things. Often one topic > just drifts in to another. Its usually about their life in some manner, > about their kids or their experiences. > > Is there something I should be doing? Are they looking for some kind of > feedback? What in the world causes such things? The folks that I'm > referring to seem to have a pretty high view of themselves and their > experiences.
Tannis Arbuckle and colleagues at Concordia have done research on the topic of Verbosity, in particular with respect to the elderly. Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]