Cialdini raamat
In one study, men who saw a new-car ad that included a seductive female
model rated the car as faster, more appealing, more expensive-looking, and better-
designed than did men who viewed the same ad without the model. Yet when
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asked later, the men refused to believe that the presence of the young woman had
influenced their judgments (Smith 8{ Engel, 1968).
Although there are other examples (Bierley, McSweeney, 8{ Vannieuwkerk,
1985; Gorn, 1982), perhaps the most intriguing evidence of the way the association
principle can unconsciously stimulate us to part with our money comes from a se-
ries of investigations on credit cards and spending (Feinberg, 1986). Within mod-
ern life, credit cards are a device with a psychologically noteworthy characteristic:
They allow us to get the immediate benefits of goods and services while deferring
the costs weeks into the future