Unpacking the Psychology of Persuasion

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1. 12 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

   Hotel towel study is Goldstein, Cialdini & Griskevicius (2008), Journal of Consumer Research; wrong year, journal, and author name

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   A 2016 study published in Psychological Science by Robert Goldstein, Noah Goldstein, and Vladas Griskevicius found that hotel guests were more likely to reuse towels when told most previous guests had done so. The Goldstein, Cialdini and Griskevicius (2008) hotel-towel citation was entirely missing from the article's Further Reading bibliography.

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   A 2008 study published in the Journal of Consumer Research by Noah Goldstein, Robert Cialdini, and Vladas Griskevicius found that hotel guests were 26% more likely to reuse their towels when told that the majority of previous guests in their specific room had done so. Body text was already correctly fixed; added the missing bibliography entry: 'Goldstein, N. J., Cialdini, R. B., & Griskevicius, V. (2008). A room with a viewpoint: Using social norms to motivate environmental conservation in hotels. Journal of Consumer Research, 35(3), 472-482.'

   Why: Body text correction had already landed correctly (year/journal/authors), but the citation was missing entirely from the article's Further Reading bibliography. Added the missing Goldstein, Cialdini & Griskevicius (2008) Journal of Consumer Research citation.

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