Hi Sounds like it would take a study to answer this question, no?
I'm always dismayed when I see "contests" for the best anti-whatever ads, sometimes solicited from high school students. The government then adopts them, without determining empirically whether or not they are actually effective or, even worse, whether they actually promote the behavior they are trying to limit. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] >>> Michael Britt <[email protected]> 21-Jun-12 7:50 AM >>> In this very interesting ad designed to get people to stop smoking they use a tactic where they have innocent little children holding a cigarette go up to smokers and ask for a light. The smokers are taken aback to say the least and they (at least the ones in the video) talk to the kids about how bad smoking is. It looks like a very good idea - get people to convince others that smoking is bad and thereby induce cognitive dissonance between their actions (smoking) and what they say. http://www.wimp.com/smokingads/ But: I think they ruin the potential of the attempt by having the children then give the smokers a small piece of paper that essentially explains that they were trying to get them to change their habit (and the note gives them a stop smoking hotline number). The note reveals that the whole thing was a set-up. Doesn't this allow the smoker to dismiss the whole thing entirely? I think the idea would have been more effective if the kids had not revealed the manipulation attempt. Thoughts? Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=18537 or send a blank email to leave-18537-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18538 or send a blank email to leave-18538-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
