APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Bullshit Can be More Persuasive Than Lies: A Sleeper Effect Test of the Insidious Bullshit Hypothesis
- John Petrocelli
Wake Forest University - Catherine Seta
Wake Forest University - John Seta
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Abstract
Frankfurt’s (1986) insidious bullshit hypothesis (i.e., bullshit is evaluated less negatively than lies but more harmful to society than lies) is examined within a sleeper effect procedural paradigm. Compared to a dishonest discounting cue, bullshit cues resulted in more extreme immediate and delayed attitudes in line with a persuasive message.
Memory
