Re-Examining the Agentic Shift: The Sense of Agency Influences the Effectiveness of (Self)Persuasion

نویسندگان

  • Tom G. E. Damen
  • Barbara C. N. Müller
  • Rick B. van Baaren
  • Ap Dijksterhuis
  • Rochelle E. Tractenberg
چکیده

In the present study we investigated whether differences in the sense of agency influenced the effectiveness of both direct persuasion and self-persuasion techniques. By manipulating both the delay and contingency of the outcomes of actions, participants were led to experience either a low or high sense of agency. Participants were subsequently presented with arguments as to why a clean local environment is important (direct persuasion), or were asked to generate those arguments themselves (self-persuasion). Subsequently, participants' cleanliness attitudes and willingness to participate in a campus cleanup were measured. The results show that techniques of direct persuasion influenced attitudes and volunteering behavior under conditions of low rather than high agency, whereas techniques of self-persuasion were most effective under conditions of high rather than low agency. The present findings therefore show how recent experiences of agency, a state based experience of control, can influence the effectiveness of both external and internal persuasion techniques.

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دوره 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015