How Bush is helping the economy. - The Orange Mane

baja · 02-08-2008, 10:55 AM

Sad, self-absorbed shoppers spend more
Study: Even a temporary bout of the blues can lead to extravagant buys
BOSTON - If you’re sad and shopping, watch your wallet: A new study shows people’s spending judgment goes out the window when they’re down, especially if they’re a bit self-absorbed.

Study participants who watched a sadness-inducing video clip offered to pay nearly four times as much money to buy a water bottle than a group that watched an emotionally neutral clip.

The so-called “misery is not miserly” phenomenon is well-known to psychologists, advertisers and personal shoppers alike, and has been documented in a similar study in 2004.

Bronco Bob · 02-08-2008, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by baja

Sad, self-absorbed shoppers spend more
Study: Even a temporary bout of the blues can lead to extravagant buys
BOSTON - If you’re sad and shopping, watch your wallet: A new study shows people’s spending judgment goes out the window when they’re down, especially if they’re a bit self-absorbed.

Study participants who watched a sadness-inducing video clip offered to pay nearly four times as much money to buy a water bottle than a group that watched an emotionally neutral clip.

The so-called “misery is not miserly” phenomenon is well-known to psychologists, advertisers and personal shoppers alike, and has been documented in a similar study in 2004.

Sounds sort of similar to how some depressed people go on eating binges.

alkemical · 02-08-2008, 11:07 AM

Serotonin release

Bronco Jamus · 02-08-2008, 12:59 PM

I don't think anything or anyone can help an economy that is over valued. It's all a correction.

L.A. BRONCOS FAN · 02-08-2008, 05:00 PM

Riiiiiiiight - Bush's and his rubber stamp GOP Congress' borrowing and spending America into oblivion for six years has nothing to do with it.

02-08-2008, 10:55 AM	#1
baja It is what it Is. Pay attention. Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 53,854 Adopt-a-Bronco: Buy My Book	How Bush is helping the economy. Sad, self-absorbed shoppers spend more Study: Even a temporary bout of the blues can lead to extravagant buys BOSTON - If you’re sad and shopping, watch your wallet: A new study shows people’s spending judgment goes out the window when they’re down, especially if they’re a bit self-absorbed. Study participants who watched a sadness-inducing video clip offered to pay nearly four times as much money to buy a water bottle than a group that watched an emotionally neutral clip. The so-called “misery is not miserly” phenomenon is well-known to psychologists, advertisers and personal shoppers alike, and has been documented in a similar study in 2004.

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02-08-2008, 11:07 AM	#3
alkemical Guerrilla Ontologist rorrim\|mirror Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Future Posts: 42,693 Adopt-a-Bronco: Prima Materia	Serotonin release

02-08-2008, 12:59 PM	#4
Bronco Jamus Ring of Famer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Denver Posts: 1,636	I don't think anything or anyone can help an economy that is over valued. It's all a correction.

02-08-2008, 05:00 PM	#5
L.A. BRONCOS FAN Mo' holla fo' yo' dolla! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: In a bunker in an undisclosed location Posts: 52,694	Riiiiiiiight - Bush's and his rubber stamp GOP Congress' borrowing and spending America into oblivion for six years has nothing to do with it.