217: Honesty Study?

June 28, 2022 00:10:45
217: Honesty Study?
Brain Junk
217: Honesty Study?

Jun 28 2022 | 00:10:45

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Trace Kerr Amy Barton

Show Notes

2012 published research detailed how you could influence someone’s honesty on say, a test. It all depended on if they signed an agreement to be truthful at the beginning or the end of the test. A lot of what is discussed in the paper feels like common sense. And was also hard to reproduce. How […]

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