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Today on something you should know, I'll tell you the best gift to give someone according to science and research.

Then some fascinating insight into your personality. It turns out your personality is always changing.

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So let's try to accept that. What we may not want to accept are the consequences.

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I welcome to something you should know as we get back into the swing of things after the holidays. And as you look back over the past couple of months, you probably bought a lot of gifts for people and it was probably at least at times difficult to figure out what to get some people for a gift.

So we're going to begin today with what makes a good gift. Psychologists at Carnegie Mellon University looked at several studies on gift giving and discovered that going for that big wow surprise gift is often a mistake.

Particularly if you aren't certain that the gift is something they really want physical gifts are immediately well received but something less physical like tickets to a show or a gift card could bring more enjoyment in the long term.

Socially responsible gifts such as charity donations in someone's name may seem like a good idea but researchers say people don't really think much of them or the person who gave them.

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