Stephanie Owat: We underestimate the effect of compliments. She says we all have some intuition that when we compliment someone, they feel better. But in a series of studies, what erica botbe finds is that we underestimate the impact of compliments. And i do think they're people who somehow, some way have learned to give compliments more liberally.
Also: do we overestimate or underestimate our significance in other people’s lives?