Persuasion: The Third-Person Effect - PsyBlog

Aug 04, 2010 10:25

I guess I am really happy I stopped watching TV and use the Internet for most of my amusement!

"One of the most intriguing things about the psychology of persuasion is how many people say that persuasion attempts have little or no effect on them. Other people, oh sure, adverts, work on them. But not you and I, we're too clever for that.

"Attractive woman holding a bottle of beer? Hah! How stupid do they think we are? We know what they're doing and we wouldn't fall for such cheap tactics.

"Would we?"

Persuasion: The Third-Person Effect - PsyBlog

Then, of course, there is also Jungian psychology, and the collective unconscious...and, to be thorough, the Akashic records...

Is anyone a fan of True Blood? Remember Sookie's "dream" in the last episode?

ideas, brain, tv, science

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