The American Psychological Association has completed its study, the results of which were published in a journal called the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. This research on human relations has produced striking results. So much so that sending an unexpected gift, calling or texting someone was much more effective than expected. The research revealed that the impact of small gestures is much greater than anticipated.
According to previous research, people didn’t think that making gestures to others unknowingly was such an effective thing. However, recent research has revealed that this is not the case. Moreover, not a gift, even the slightest “Hello” message caused the other person to be much more satisfied than expected. Let’s look at the details in this interesting research together.
Great gestures increase the degree of satisfaction!
During studies with more than 5,900 participants, participants were first asked to rate the level of satisfaction they felt when they received an unexpected surprise on a scale of 1 to 7. After reaching the average result, the gesture stage was started. Texting, calling and sending gifts to people with no expectations. The experts, who asked the level of satisfaction to the person who made the gesture this time, encountered a higher level of satisfaction. All the studies have shown that making a gesture to someone is underestimated. Experts explained that the degree of satisfaction of people who made larger gestures was higher than others.
Peggy Liu, the head of the research, said that human being is a social being, but the degree of sociability is decreasing day by day. Mentioning that previous studies have shown that being social is good for human health, Liu stated that with their research, they concluded that the thought that small gestures would not be considered is not true. According to scientists, people should not hesitate in such matters.
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