Word: sad
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...Valentine's Day approaches, what kind of love poems are people looking for? If we look at the top love-poem searches, they range from queries for the "best love poem" to the lovelorn request for "sad love poems" and the age-specific "teenage love poems...
...study is interesting in a counterintuitive way,” said psychology professor Joshua D. Greene ’97. “You might think that if people are sad, everything seems lousy and material goods aren’t worth their money...
...experiment involved 33 subjects, who were asked to watch either a sad video or a video designed to be emotionally neutral. Afterward, participants were given the opportunity to buy sporty water bottles with the $10 they received for participating. Results showed those who watched the sad video were willing to pay, on average, $2.11 for the bottle, nearly four times as much as the $0.56 that those who watched the neutral video were willing...
...researchers explained their results with two possible theories: sad, self-focused individuals either indulge in material goods to seek self-enhancement or they feel reduced self-worth and consequently value other things more by comparison...
...avoid these unconscious urges, Gross said, “people should find solace in other things when feeling sad, such as socializing or athletics, to curtail their spending...