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Date: Wed, Dec 06, 2006, 12:00 AM PST
Most people want to give back to people who do something nice for them. In fact, social mores dictate that a favor should be returned in kind, and we apply pejoratives to those who do not: ingrates, moochers. In the second of a six-part series, psychology and marketing Professor Robert Cialdini talks about this phenomenon, which he calls "reciprocity," and examines how the need to repay a kindness can be used to persuade others to agree -- or to work -- with us.<br><br><a href='http://knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&id=1341' target='_blank'>http://knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&id=1341</a><br><br>
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