Money can't buy love: Asymmetric beliefs about the link between gift price and feelings of appreciation
Flynn and Adams, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 45(2), 2009, 404-409. Three studies. Givers expected a more expensive gift to earn more appreciation, apparently because they treat it as more thoughtful; recipients' appreciation showed no such link to price, whether role and value were manipulated or measured in real settings. The authors suggest givers' own time as recipients may not help them choose for others.
Flynn and Adams, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 45(2), 2009, 404-409. Three studies. Givers expected a more expensive gift to earn more appreciation, apparently because they treat it as more thoughtful; recipients' appreciation showed no such link to price, whether role and value were manipulated or measured in real settings. The authors suggest givers' own time as recipients may not help them choose for others.
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Flynn, F. J., & Adams, G. S. (2009). Money can't buy love: Asymmetric beliefs about the link between gift price and feelings of appreciation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45(2), 404-409. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2008.11.003 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2008.11.003