Book Titles

Influence
The Psychology of Influence

By Robert Cialdini

Year Published: 2021
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-293765-0
Categories: Influence, Persuasion, Psychology

152 Quotes Found

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Influence:

The important thing for the advertiser is to establish the connection; it doesn’t have to be a logical one, just a positive one.

112

Influence:

…subjects become fonder of the people and things they experienced while they were eating.

114

Influence:

…several of the factors leading to liking – physical attractiveness, similarity, familiarity, association – work unconsciously to produce their effects…

122

Influence:

…when we make a compliance decision, it is always a good idea to separate our feelings about the requester from the request.

124

Influence:

The [Social Proof] principle states that we determine what is correct by finding out what other people think is correct.

129

Influence:

As a rule, we make fewer mistakes by acting in accord with social evidence than by acting contrary to it.

130

Influence:

Usually, when a lot of people are doing something, it is the right thing to do.

130

Influence:

The principle of social proof works best when the proof is provided by the actions of many other people.

133

Influence:

…when uncertainty reigns, we are most likely to accept the actions of others – because those actions reduce our uncertainty about what is correct behavior there.

143

Influence:

Often an emergency is not obviously an emergency… we can determine from the way the other witnesses are reacting whether the event is or is not an emergency.

146