I have a dim recollection of a study (described in the 1st edition of Mynatt & Doherty) in which the researchers had smokers describe the bad effects of smoking, and there were measurable decreases in smoking 6 months out -- and I'm assuming there was a debrief (although if an old study, there might not have been).
I wish I still had a copy of the 1st edition; it's better than the 2nd.... Does anyone else recall such a study? I'll look it up and see if there was a debrief. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Clark [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 8:14 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Smoking Ad and Cognitive Dissonance > > 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=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c > 9&n=T&l=tips&o=18537 > or send a blank email to leave-18537- > [email protected] > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e > 1&n=T&l=tips&o=18538 > or send a blank email to leave-18538- > [email protected] The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- 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=18539 or send a blank email to leave-18539-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
