Julie J. Exline, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology in the department of psychological sciences at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Her research on how people-pleasing characteristics affect eating behaviors was recently published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.
A friend digs into a bowl of chips, then offers you some, too. Maybe she says that you have to…
After dinner at your friend’s house, your friend says, “Why don’t you have some more cake? I baked it myself…