This Is What Is Expected
22 Oct 2021 · 0 min
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When you extend your hand for a handshake, the other person feels compelled to reciprocate. This automatic response comes from reciprocity, a social principle that what is given must be returned.
When you extend your hand for a handshake, the other person feels compelled to reciprocate. This automatic response comes from reciprocity, a social principle that what is given must be returned.
If I go up to you right now and I put my hand to shake your hand, you will feel a compulsion to shake my hand back. Why? Because it's reciprocity. It's what's expected of each other. What is given is received back.
