“Even a single marble will make him/her happy …”: Further evidence and extension of the legitimizing paltry contribution technique on helping

Nicolas Guégen 1 Angélique Martin 1 Sébastien Meineri 1
1 CRPCC EA 1285 - Centre de Recherches en Psychologie Cognition et Communication
Abstract : Previous research has found that the statement “Even a penny will help” incorporated in charity donation requests increases compliance. The present study analyzed the effectiveness of this technique using a novel solicitation and where the participant had no possibility to comply immediately with the request. Confederates asked customers in a hypermarket (e.g., Costco, Sam's Club) for a toy donation in aid of children. They wore a t-shirt on which the statement “Even a single marble will make him/her happy …” was either present or not. Results show that more people gave a toy when this statement appeared on the t-shirt.
Keywords : Compliance Legitimization of paltry favors Helping
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Nicolas Guégen, Angélique Martin, Sébastien Meineri. “Even a single marble will make him/her happy …”: Further evidence and extension of the legitimizing paltry contribution technique on helping. Social Influence, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2013, 8 (1), pp.18-26. ⟨hal-01961100⟩

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