By Tanner Garrity According to a recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, adults routinely misjudge how meaningful a casual check-in can be to a family member, friend or even acquaintance. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business conducted a series of 13 experiments, involving nearly 6,000 participants, wherein one group of volunteers was asked to predict just how “appreciative, happy, pleased and grateful” a contact would be to hear from them. The contacts ranged from close (a legitimate friend) to close-ish (someone the…