Source

If You Need Help, Just Ask: Underestimating Compliance With Direct Requests for Help

peer-reviewed experiments Flynn, F. J., & Lake (Bohns), V. K. B. (2008). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95(1), 128-143.

Claim this source supports

“People underestimate how likely others are to agree to direct requests for help”

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Behavior

How Being Low Maintenance Trains People to Overlook You

Consistently presenting as low maintenance conditions the people around you to stop checking, offering, or accommodating — not out of neglect, but because you have reliably signaled that nothing is needed.