If Professor Plum begins an interaction with his class using negative behavior, but during the course of the interaction he switches to positive behavior, how does the loss-gain effect explain how the class would feel about Professor Plum as compared with Professor Reibolt, who started interacting positively and changed to negative behavior?

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The loss-gain effect suggests that people respond more positively to someone who shifts from negative to positive behavior, as this exceeds their initial low expectations, making Professor Plum more attractive in comparison to Professor Reibolt, who does the opposite.

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