Truth About Give And Take In Social Situations: The More You Take The More You Lose

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 09:35 in Psychology & Sociology

In everyday social exchanges, being mean to people has a lot more impact than being nice, research has shown. Feeling slighted can have a bigger difference on how a person responds than being the recipient of perceived generosity, even if the net value of the social transaction is the same, the research on reciprocity -- giving and taking -- shows.

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