Study: People select feedback to flatter others, except when they dislike them

Study: People select feedback to flatter others, except when they dislike them

People generally try to make other people feel good about themselves, but not when they dislike them. That's the finding of a new study by psychologists at the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania investigating the extent to which people promote "positive self-views" for total strangers.

Strangers twice as kind as people think, study finds

Believing in the kindness of strangers also had a much bigger impact on happiness than previously thought.

People Select Feedback to Flatter Others, Except When They Dislike Them | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania

An APPC-led study finds that people generally opt to offer flattering feedback to make others feel good about themselves, unless the stranger is unlikable. The post People Select Feedback to Flatter Others, Except When They Dislike Them appeared first on The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.