Source
Revealing
Leslie John
Leslie John's book, Revealing: The Secret to Being Liked, Loved, and Understood, on the psychology of self-disclosure — why sharing sensitive or unflattering information builds trust and likeability, and how to judge the right amount to reveal ("the Goldilocks principle," avoiding both too much information and too little). Source for the 1997 Miss Universe case, the STD-disclosure dating study, the exam-grade hiring study, the transparent-calendar study, the privacy-assurance paradox study, the Pennebaker expressive-writing research, Lieberman's tarantula affect-labeling study, and the "How Bad Are You" website design study.
Discussed in
- Episode 306 — 306-how-much-should-you-reveal-to-your-co-workers