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