Four Walls Hypocrisy

The results of our study conclude that participants are most likely to agree to the target request when the Four Walls technique is combined with hypocrisy. The control had a 55% success rate and samples were collected at the administration building during the late afternoon at 3:00 PM on Tuesday. The consistent had a 23% success rate and samples were collected at the student union at 10:00 AM on Wednesday. The inconstant had an 82% success rate and samples were collected outside of the library at 2:00 PM on Wednesday. This data reflects partial support of our hypothesis: if conative dissonance were to be induced through the use of both the four walls technique and (but more so through) hypocrisy, individuals were more likely to agree to learning about the dog walking program offered at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona in order to reduce their cognitive dissonance. The inconsistent was stronger than the consistent, which supports our hypothesis, but the control generated stronger results than the consistent, which does not support our hypothesis, making it a partially supported hypothesis.

Discussion Our results yield partial support for our hypothesis. They express that when a threat of an individual’s self-integrity is combined with the need to comply, a state of …show more content…
By not having physical information, many of the participants may not have understood exactly what our target request was. If the researcher was unable to provide extensive details, the participants may not have taken the request seriously. Only having participants provide their emails may have limited the amount of individuals who would have agreed to the target request because this may not have been their preferred method of