Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion
by Robert B. Cialdini · Harper Business
Cialdini's synthesis of three decades of social-psychology field experiments into seven principles of compliance: reciprocity, commitment and consistency, social proof, authority, liking, scarcity, and unity. The expanded edition adds new studies and online-persuasion cases.
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