Vika comments on Review of studies says you can decrease motivated cognition through self-affirmation - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vika 25 October 2013 03:29:34PM 0 points [-]

Does affirmation work as a general-purpose persuasion technique? According to Cialdini's classification, it would probably fall in the "reciprocity" category - if you affirm / praise the other person, they are more likely to cooperate with you.