AbstractRoad travel gives a small but interesting view into human feelings. During a motorway journey of about 65 miles, I carried out a simple observation from the passenger seat to look at the faces of nearby drivers. Drivers were grouped by whether they appeared to be men or women, and…
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THE DOOR HOLDING EXPERIMENT: A SOCIAL STUDY ON POLITENESS
This is not a ground-breaking study! Abstract Door-holding is one of those tiny social gestures we don’t think much about—until we do it, and suddenly, we wonder if people actually appreciate it. This study set out to track how often people acknowledge the courtesy of a held door, what responses…