Showing posts with label people often trust eoloquence more than honesty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label people often trust eoloquence more than honesty. Show all posts

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Defend Your Research: People Often Trust Eloquence More Than Honesty; Harvard Business Review, November 2010

Todd Rogers and Michael I. Norton, Harvard Business Review; Defend Your Research: People Often Trust Eloquence More Than Honesty:

"The study: Todd Rogers and Michael Norton showed subjects different videos of a political debate. In the first, one of the candidates answered the question asked. In the second, he dodged it by answering a similar question. In the third, he dodged it by answering a completely different one. When the candidate answered a similar question, subjects failed to notice the switch. They also liked him better if he answered a similar question well than if he answered the actual one less eloquently."

http://hbr.org/2010/11/defend-your-research-people-often-trust-eloquence-more-than-honesty/ar/1