For her first twenty-four years， she'd been known as Debbie—a name that didn't suit her good looks and elegant "My name has always made me think I should be a cook，" she "I just don't feel like a D" One day， while filling out an application form for a publishing job， the young woman impulsively substituted her middle name， Lynne， for her first name D "That was the smartest thing I ever did，" she says "As soon as I stopped calling myself Debbie， I felt more comfortable with and other people started to take me more " Two years after her successful job interview， the former waitress is now a successful magazine Friends and associates call her L Naturally， the name change didn't cause Debbie/Lynne's professional achievement—but it surely helped if only by adding a bit of self-confidence to her Social scientists say that what you're called can affect your Throughout history， names have not merely identified people but also described "As his name is， so is " says the Bible， and Webster's Dictionary includes the following definition of name: "a word or words expressing some quality considered characteristic or descriptive of a person or a thing， often expressing approval or disapproval" Note well "approval or disapproval" For better or worse， qualities such as friendliness or reserve，plainness or charm may be suggested by your name and conveyed to other people before they even meet Names become attached to specific images， as anyone who's been called "a plain Jane" or "just an average Joe" can The latter name particularly bothers me since my name is Joe， which some think makes me more qualified to be a baseball player than， say， an art <19>critic Yet， despite this disadvantage， I did manage to become an art critic for a Even so， one prominent magazine consistently refused to print "Joe" in my by-line， using my first initials， J S， I suspect that if I were a more refined Arthur or Adrian， the name would have appeared Of course， names with a positive sense can work for you and even encourage new A recent survey showed that American men thought Susan to be the most attractive female name， while women believed Richard and David were the most attractive for One woman I know turned down a blind date with a man named Harry because "he sounded dull" Several evenings later， she came up to me at a party， pressing for an introduction to a very impressive man; they'd been exchanging glances all "Oh，" I "You mean H" She was ill at Though most of us would like to think ourselves free from such prejudiced notions， we're all guilty of name stereotyping to some Confess: Wouldn't you be surprised to meet a carpenter named Nigel? A physicist named Bertha? A Pope Mel? Often， we project name-based stereotypes on people， as one woman friend discovered while taking charge of a <33>nursery school's group of four-year- "There I was， trying to get a little active boy named Julian to sit quietly and read a book—and pushing a thoughtful creature named Rory to play I had their personalities confused because of their names!" Apparently， such prejudices can affect classroom achievement as In a study conducted by Herbert Harari of San Diego State University， and John McDavid of Georgia State University， teachers gave consistently lower grades on essays apparently written by boys named Elmer and Hubert than they awarde to the same papers when the writers' names were given as Michael and D However， teacher prejudice isn't the only source of classroom D Thomas V Busse and Louisa Seraydarian of Temple University found those girls with names such as Linda， Diane， Barbara， Carol， and Cindy performed better on objectively graded IQ and achievement tests than did girls with less appealing (A companion study showed girls' popularity with their peers was also related to the popularity of their names―although the connection was less clear for ) Though your parents probably meant your name to last a lifetime， remember that when they picked it they'd hardly met you， and the hopes and dreams they valued when they chose it may not match If your name no longer seems to fit you， don't despai ; you aren't stuck with the labelMovie stars regularly change their names， and with some determination， you can，
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