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Nicolas Guéguen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Operationalizations of the “but you are free” technique with the word Liberty and the Statue of Liberty symbol on clothes: effects on compliance-gaining
    Social Influence, 2015
    Co-Authors: Alexandre Pascual, Sébastien Meineri, Chris Carpenter, Milena Jugel, Patrice Guy, Boris Vallée, Nicolas Guéguen
    Abstract:

    The “but you are free” (BYAF) technique is a verbal compliance procedure which solicits people to comply with a request by telling them that they are free to accept or to refuse the request. This technique is based on the semantic evocation of freedom. In two studies, we explored another operationalization of this paradigm: the word “Liberty” or a “Statue of Liberty” picture on the experimenter's clothes. The data showed that the word Liberty printed on a t-shirt produced the BYAF effect whereas the Statue of Liberty picture did not. These results provide some evidence consistent with using reactance and commitment theories to explain the paradigm, contrary to other theoretical interpretations proposed in the literature such as politeness and reciprocity theories.

Myra Macdonald - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Muslim Women and the Veil
    Feminist Media Studies, 2006
    Co-Authors: Myra Macdonald
    Abstract:

    In February 2003, a digitally-produced image of the Statue of Liberty, draped in a burqa and carrying a copy of the Qur'an, was banned by a city council in the English Midlands from a touring exhib...

Alexandre Pascual - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Operationalizations of the “but you are free” technique with the word Liberty and the Statue of Liberty symbol on clothes: effects on compliance-gaining
    Social Influence, 2015
    Co-Authors: Alexandre Pascual, Sébastien Meineri, Chris Carpenter, Milena Jugel, Patrice Guy, Boris Vallée, Nicolas Guéguen
    Abstract:

    The “but you are free” (BYAF) technique is a verbal compliance procedure which solicits people to comply with a request by telling them that they are free to accept or to refuse the request. This technique is based on the semantic evocation of freedom. In two studies, we explored another operationalization of this paradigm: the word “Liberty” or a “Statue of Liberty” picture on the experimenter's clothes. The data showed that the word Liberty printed on a t-shirt produced the BYAF effect whereas the Statue of Liberty picture did not. These results provide some evidence consistent with using reactance and commitment theories to explain the paradigm, contrary to other theoretical interpretations proposed in the literature such as politeness and reciprocity theories.

Emma Lazarus Federation Of Jewish Women's Clubs - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.