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Do Restrained Eaters Identify As Dieters? Exploring The Role Of Self-Concept In The Consumption Of

Prior research views restrained eaters’ self-regulation of food consumption as an effortful, conscious desire to limit their food consumption, and thus control their physiological urges to consume Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Keri L. Kettle, Katherine E. Loveland, Gerald Häubl
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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To Tip Or Not To Tip: Emotional And Monetary Tradeoffs In Tipping

Imagine experiencing great service in a cash-only tipping environment, following which you realize you don’t have enough cash to reciprocate the quality of the service. What do you do? Although Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Ayelet Gneezy, Nina Mazar
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Monetary Cues Alter Interpersonal Harmony Because They Activate An Exchange-Orientation

Consumers coordinate their interactions with others – be it salesclerks, supervisors, or spouses – by drawing from a small set of psychological scripts that serve to guide social interactions Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Nicole L. Mead, Eugene M. Caruso, Kathleen D. Vohs, Roy F. Baumeister
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Monetary Reminders Lead To Exchange Orientation And Emotion Suppression

The mere exposure to money, independently of the context of any goal to which it might be relevant, increases individuals’ motivation to be socially independent and decreases their sensitivity to Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Yuwei Jiang, Zhansheng Chen, Robert S. Wyer Jr.
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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“This Isn’t So Bad”: Assimilation, Contrast, And Self Control On Healthiness Perceptions

Assimilation and contrast effects play an important role in the way consumers make judgments (Parducci 1992; Schwarz and Bless 1992b). The order of information, in particular, may have a contextual Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Kelly Haws, Joseph P. Redden, Scott W. Davis
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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