Personality and Things (07-12-16)
It seems that acquiring things can indeed make us happy, as long as the new items align with our personality.
It seems that acquiring things can indeed make us happy, as long as the new items align with our personality.
We use the things that we “own” to evaluate ourselves.
Gjersoe and her team have learned that our national culture influences how we respond to objects.
Researchers Justin Moss and Jon Maner of Florida State University have conducted research that again illustrates what interesting creatures humans are.
Misra and her team have learned that if a mobile device (defined as a smartphone, cell phone, laptop, tablet, or similar item) is visible (for example, because it’s on a table top or in someone’s hand) during a conversation, the quality of discussion among people present deteriorates.
Religious symbols in public places - positive ramifications
At their last two meetings, members of the Society for Consumer Psychology have presented research on topics that designers creating many different types of spaces and products will find useful.
Selecting products that are well designed seems to reaffirm a person’s positive opinions about themselves.
Any designer who has ever sought to divest a client of one of their possessions, whether that be a tawdry piece of art or a beat up old chair or something else has seen first hand that once something belongs to a person, it becomes special and important, at least in their eyes.
Research by Neary and her colleagues has determined that children from 3 to 6 years old are more likely to believe manmade objects are owned by someone than natural objects (such as pine cones).