INFLUENCE INFLUENCE Science and Practice Science and Practice Dr. Robert B. Cialdini Presentation by Remy Wainfeld
INFLUENCEINFLUENCEScience and PracticeScience and PracticeDr. Robert B. Cialdini Presentation by Remy Wainfeld
“Each principle is examined as toits ability to produce a distinctkind of automatic, mindless
compliance from people, that is,a willingness to say yes without
thinking first” (x).
Fixed‐action patterns: “Click, whirr” Trigger features Mental shortcuts Contrast Principle
Repay past favors Repay uninvited favors
Commitment activates consistency
Abilify
Social influence Uncertainty Similarity
Abilify Humira
Physical attractiveness Similarity Compliments Contact and cooperation Conditioning and association
Power of authority pressure Connotation, not content
Titles Clothes Trappings
“As opportunities become less available, welose freedoms. And we hate to lose thefreedoms we already have” (208)
Limited quantities Time limits
“…with the sophisticated mental apparatus we haveused to build word eminence as species, we have
created an environment so complex, fast‐paced, andinformation‐laden that we must increasingly dealwith it in the fashion of the animals we long ago
transcended” (235)