The psychology of people who prefer giving to receiving

Prefer giving to receiving – you've planned everyone's gifts by October, but when someone hands you something, your smile goes stiff? Five reasons: giving makes you happy, receiving puts you on stage, the feeling of owing something, control – and the question of whether you deserve it. With Elizabeth Dunn's money experiment (2008), the toddler sharing study (2012), the Lübeck study on generosity (2017), Marcel Mauss' The Gift (1925), the wish list study by Gino and Flynn (2011) and a study on compliments (2021) – plus five ideas to make receiving easier. Important: this video is not a diagnosis and doesn't replace professional advice. Chapters: 00:00 Is this you? 00:41 Sound familiar? 01:01 Reason 1: Giving makes you happy 02:49 Reasons 2 and 3: Spotlight and debt 04:12 Reasons 4 and 5: Control and worth 05:46 The downside 07:09 What helps Previous video: The psychology of people who want to know the ending first #psychology #christmas #awisestickman