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In their smash hit Paint it Black (1966), the English rock band known as The Rolling Stones recorded a song that would gain worldwide fame and recognition. The lyrics of the song prominently feature references to colors, coloration modifiers, and visual sense perception. The repeated use of words and phrases related to physical sense perception emphasizes the Sensation attribute.
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In season 2, episode 24 ("Valley Girls") of the hit TV show Gossip Girl (2009), high schooler Blair Waldorf is vying for prom queen as she discovers new information about her progress. During the prom queen announcement portion of the school function, Blair accuses Chuck of sabotaging her with fake votes against her. However, others were scheming against Blair and Chuck actually submitted 150 votes in order to help Blair win prom queen. Blair's use of deductive reasoning and analyses of Chuck's actions, although incorrect, demonstrate an above-average example of the Inference attribute.
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In Katy Perry's hit single "Roar" (2013), the musical artist inspired millions around the world to embrace their own inner spirit animal. The powerful lyrics feature nature and wild animals as a core theme. However, listeners are left with many questions regarding many ambiguous lines. For example, the phrase "You held me down, but I got up (hey)" begs several questions: who is Perry referring to and what incident is she referencing, if real at all? It could be a figure of speech or a literal reference to the tragedy of domestic abuse. Lines like these and "I let you push me past the breaking point / I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything" require context not provided by Katy Perry, and this lack of detail demonstrates a well below-average example of the Specificity attribute.
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In the hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), future successful financer Jordan Belfort is starting out on his first day of work as a broker on Wall Street. His boss takes him out to lunch and proceeds to take several drugs and order lots of alcoholic beverages in the work day. When Jordan questions his boss about this, he soon discovers that the culture of Wall Street includes such behavior, and many others. This alters Jordan's perspective on how things really work on Wall Street. Jordan's initial inability to adapt his speech and behavior with respect to Formality, Emotion, and other attributes highlight a well-below average score of Apperception.
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Bill Gates shows us how in the 1980s he had a strong sense of humor alongside the ability to jump over a chair.
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In the hit car enthusiast movie The Fast and the Furious (2001), strong-man car group leader Dominic Toretto is at his car shop when Brain (played by Paul Walker), disguised as a police officer, is enjoying his tuna sandwich. Walker’s character Brian is there to infiltrate the group as a mole. There is flirtatious dialogue going on between the waitress, Mia – Dominic‘s sister, and Walker‘s character. When the rest of the gang comes back, the character who likes Mia sits down next to Walker and tries to intimidate him with physical body language and prolonged eye contact. As Walker leaves, the few exchange words before a fight breaks out between them. When Toretto is summoned, he asks a question probably intended to be humorous, and only then does he intervene. Toretto breaks up the fight and inquires about the identity of the tuna-eating stranger. He lets him leave, only after flexing his power and telling him that he lost his job because he knows the employer in question is Harry's. Dom flexes that he has that sort of power and influence. Toretto’s General lack of urgency while all the events were going on, the nature of his questions in response to requests for action, plus his lack of depth in his understanding of the person with whom he’s dealing, all represent the lowest form of the Inference attribute.
