Nickerson & Rogers, 2010: Planning when and where to vote increased turnout among citizens
Reference:
Nickerson, D. W., & Rogers, T. (2010). Do you have a voting plan? Implementation intentions, voter turnout, and organic plan making. Psychological Science, 21(2), 194-199.
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Adding to a get-out-the-vote call script implementation intention questions—asking when a person would vote, where they would be coming from, and what they would be doing beforehand—increased turnout in a competitive presidential primary by 0.9% (intention to treat) or 4.1% (average treatment on treated). There was no effect of simply asking people to predict whether they would vote (see Greenwald et al., 1987).
Psychological Process:
What Desired Meaning is At Stake?
What is the Person Trying to Understand?
Selves (My Own and Others')How?
Psychological Question Addressed
Where and when will I accomplish my goals?Where and when will I accomplish my goals?Psychological Question Addressed
Where and when will I accomplish my goals?Psychological Process 2:
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Social Area:
Civic Behavior
Intervention Technique:
Prompting with leading questions