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“Very nice, keep up the good work.”

Extroverts, on the other hand, worked

harder for robots that used more bracing,

aggressive language: “You can do

more than that, I know it!” and “Concentrate

on your exercise!”

These findings suggest that Greg and

Emily face an interesting challenge. If

Greg likes people more when they’re

behaving forcefully or competitively,

and if Emily feels the same way about

nurturing, cooperative people, then

how can they reach a compromise

about their dinner-party impasse—and

get there in a loving way?

An intriguing answer comes from a

University of Michigan business school

study, not of married couples with opposite

personality styles, but of negotiators

from different cultures—in this

case, Asians and Israelis. Seventy-six

MBA students from Hong Kong and

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