YDS 2015-2 Soru=46

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Recently, psychologists Derek Rucker and Adam
Galinsky reported that manipulating people's feelings of
status either at work or in social life in various ways
changes the amount that people will pay for products.
The researchers told individuals to write about a time
they felt either powerful or powerless and then asked
them how much they would be willing to pay for different
products. Subjects who had written about feeling
powerless offered to pay more for luxury products such
as a stylish pen or fur coat, yet the desire for a quick fix
for feelings of low status may put those who regularly
feel as if they lack influence at greater risk of having
enormous debt – or at least of making some
questionable investments. Aside from lightening our
wallets, feelings of inferiority can also lead us to gain
weight. Marketing professor David Dubois states that
when people feel unimportant, they are more likely to
opt for an extra large coffee or pizza. Consumers make
this choice because they want to consume more when
they are feeling low. Accordingly, the researchers
conclude that big things may signal higher status, and
thus powerless people buy more food if it comes in
physically larger packages