Rick- I'll confirm your reactant hypothesis- I said Blue Hammer too!. Tim :)
-----Original Message----- From: Rick Froman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 11:01 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: Fwd: Brain game Here's another hypothesis to add to Doug's: Psychologists, the contrary (and possibly psychologically reactant) lot that we are, are more likely to send a response to TIPS if we didn't say red hammer (I, for example, said blue hammer) than if we did while the average person is more likely to forward the message on to all their friends and neighbors if they did think of a red hammer. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Professor of Psychology John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/faculty/rfroman.asp -----Original Message----- From: Peterson, Douglas (USD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:55 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: Fwd: Brain game I now have an alternative hypothesis that most people who do not answer Red Hammer think the e-mail is silly and hit delete while those who do think Red Hammer are amazed and promptly respond and forward. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
