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From the Ted Talk by Elizabeth Dunn: Helping others makes us happier -- but it matters how we do it

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(Laughter)

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(Laughter)

I hardly ever gave money to charity, and when I did, I didn't feel that warm glow I was _________. So I started to wonder if maybe there was something wrong with my research or something _____ with me. My own lackluster emotional response to giving was especially ________ because my follow-up studies revealed that even toddlers exhibited joy from giving to others.

In one experiment, my colleagues Kiley ______, Lara Aknin and I _______ kids just under the age of two into the lab. Now, as you might imagine, we had to work with a ________ that toddlers really care about, so we used the toddler equivalent of gold, namely, Goldfish crackers.

Solution


  1. brought
  2. expecting
  3. wrong
  4. resource
  5. puzzling
  6. hamlin

Original Text


(Laughter)

I hardly ever gave money to charity, and when I did, I didn't feel that warm glow I was expecting. So I started to wonder if maybe there was something wrong with my research or something wrong with me. My own lackluster emotional response to giving was especially puzzling because my follow-up studies revealed that even toddlers exhibited joy from giving to others.

In one experiment, my colleagues Kiley Hamlin, Lara Aknin and I brought kids just under the age of two into the lab. Now, as you might imagine, we had to work with a resource that toddlers really care about, so we used the toddler equivalent of gold, namely, Goldfish crackers.

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