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How the Benjamin Franklin effect works

The Benjamin Franklin effect has generally been explained using the cognitive dissonance theory.

Essentially, this means that when someone does you a favor, they need to be able to justify it to themself, in order to avoid the cognitive dissonance that might occur from doing something nice for someone that they dislike.

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The Benjamin Franklin effect

The Benjamin Franklin effect

Is a psychological phenomenon that causes us to like someone more after we do that person a favor: We justify our actions to ourselves, that we did them a favor because we liked them.

But the reverse effect is also true - we come to hate our victims, which helps to...

What the Benjamin Franklin Effect is

A person who voluntarily does you a favor is more likely to do you another favor than if they had received a favor from you.Β 

It means that you grow to like people for whom you do favors for and dislike people you harm.

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