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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

The Seductive Detail Effect in Popular Youtube Instructional Videos

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cognitive

  • Kay Tislar
    Michigan Technological University
  • Elizabeth Lehman
    Michigan Technological University
  • Kelly Steelman
    Michigan Technological University

Abstract

Participants viewed either an original YouTube video with 36 seductive details or a version with the details edited out. Participants who viewed the seductive detail version were less likely to report ideas related to the learning objectives and more likely to report ideas that weren’t included in the video.

Education