Gift giving 101: When do 'perfect' gifts backfire?

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 10:32 in Psychology & Sociology

When it comes to shopping for gifts, we try to select things we think people both want and need. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, focusing too much on the gift recipient can lead to giving the gift we were trying to avoid in the first place.

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