Everyone has their price.?

Question

I study psychology and theres a theory that everyone has their own price. Offer someone enough money, and they will claim that they could change, for cash of course. What's yours?

If you are a daily smoker, how much would you need to be paid to quit cold turkey and never go back?

If you have another bad habbit, what is it? and how much is your 'quitting' cost?

Answer 1

I would like to be a politician because money doesn't affect me and I can care less about it! I'd like to see the face's of the lobbyist's that put a envelop on my desk full of money and I throw it back at them! Then show it to the people what is being done in Washington D.C. with  there vote! I guess my bad habit is complaining about bad government and those running it!

Answer 2

My biggest vice is clothes shopping. I am not really sure that I would give it up for any amount of money. After all what good would the money be if I couldn't shop with it.

But the more I think about it, if someone could guarantee that I would be well taken care of and that my children would never have to want for anything I would never go clothes shop again.

I suppose it depends on why you do what you do. I think I shop when I am stressed and it gives me a high but if I ware to be fulfilled in other ways I wouldn't need the shopping. Perhaps I would just hire someone to shop for me if I got enough money.

So anyway 50 million would make me stop.

I think people are taking the example of smoking to literal.

Answer 3

I dont think I could be bribed to quit smoking.  I would only quit if I was ready to quit and I'm not there yet.

Answer 4

I smoke but I don't know if I could quantify how much $ it would take to get me to stop. I think this question could be better answered by those whose addictions or personality traits are not physiological. However, since you say it is a psychological question and I do agree that your mind controls the body, I don't think such an arbitrary thing as money could psychologically make some one stronger (in general). Maybe if the money was an incentive or used as an ultimatum of some sort, it could be effective. But, attaching a price to making changes in a life is not realistic. Economically speaking it just affords an individual the opportunity of security and brings with it potential.

Answer 5

I don't know if there is anything I would give up in my daily life for any amount of money.

I love meat, cigarettes, beer, women, TV, music, motorcycles, all the things that somebody may try to put a price on.

Answer 6

I'd quite right now for 10,000