Comments on: Reciprocation Rules http://thesocietypages.org/citings/2012/11/27/reciprocation-rules/ Sociology Online Wed, 08 Apr 2015 15:05:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 By: November Media Award for Measured Social Science » Citings and Sightings http://thesocietypages.org/citings/2012/11/27/reciprocation-rules/#comment-4645 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:32:59 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/citings/?p=3789#comment-4645 […] There’s just one rule: send out a pile of your own,”  TSP’s Letta Page explained in her write-up of November’s Media Award […]

]]> By: Friday Roundup: November 30, 2012 » The Editors' Desk http://thesocietypages.org/citings/2012/11/27/reciprocation-rules/#comment-3727 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:40:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/citings/?p=3789#comment-3727 […] “Reciprocation Rules,” by Letta Page. In which a behavioral psychologist explains why a sociologist got 200 Christmas cards from people he didn’t know. […]

]]> By: Erin http://thesocietypages.org/citings/2012/11/27/reciprocation-rules/#comment-3631 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:26:50 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/citings/?p=3789#comment-3631 I agree that the rule of reciprocation is a powerful one. I was taught at a very young age to always send handwritten thank you notes and hold doors. I believe it really is the little things in life that count. What takes us a couple minutes to do can have a big impact on the people on the receiving end. Now, with email and texting, sending thank you notes is a breeze and much less personal. In this age of hyper technology, it means even more to send a handwritten note.

I value Kunz’s experiment and think it would be a great idea to send random holiday cards to hospitals, homeless shelters and other places that would benefit from an extra dose of holiday cheer.

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