Event Title
Don't Give Anything Away
Location
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Start Date
1-5-2014 2:00 PM
End Date
1-5-2014 3:00 PM
Project Type
Poster- Restricted to Campus Access
Description
Gift giving and receiving are two very common experiences that people are faced with at many points in their life. Regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, or religion, gift giving and receiving are experienced in a variety of cultures in a variety of ways. There are many thoughts and emotions that go into the process of gift giving and receiving. Does the time that the gift is received matter? What happens if the gift is late? Will this change how much the gift is appreciated by the receiver? Will the giver feel guilt because of the latency of the gift? These are the questions that we intend for our research to answer. There has been a lot of research done concerning gift giving, but not a lot of research specifically about giving and receiving late gifts and how guilt and appreciation are affected by the latency of a gift. We want to see if guilt, as a result of giving a tardy gift, moderates the amount the receiver appreciates the gift. Our hypothesis is that if the gift is given late, the giver will feel more guilty and the receiver will appreciate the gift less compared to an on time gift, where the giver wont feel guilty and the receiver will appreciate the gift more.
Faculty Sponsor
Martha Arterberry
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Psychology Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Social Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
133
Don't Give Anything Away
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Gift giving and receiving are two very common experiences that people are faced with at many points in their life. Regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, or religion, gift giving and receiving are experienced in a variety of cultures in a variety of ways. There are many thoughts and emotions that go into the process of gift giving and receiving. Does the time that the gift is received matter? What happens if the gift is late? Will this change how much the gift is appreciated by the receiver? Will the giver feel guilt because of the latency of the gift? These are the questions that we intend for our research to answer. There has been a lot of research done concerning gift giving, but not a lot of research specifically about giving and receiving late gifts and how guilt and appreciation are affected by the latency of a gift. We want to see if guilt, as a result of giving a tardy gift, moderates the amount the receiver appreciates the gift. Our hypothesis is that if the gift is given late, the giver will feel more guilty and the receiver will appreciate the gift less compared to an on time gift, where the giver wont feel guilty and the receiver will appreciate the gift more.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2014/program/59