Let& #39;s do an experiment.

Read this word https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts"> WASH

Now,

fill in the blank with an alphabet to form a word

SO_P

Done? (Remember your word)

Read on to understand what happened here.

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The chances are very high that the word you have formed is SOAP.

Am I Right? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😎" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit Sonnenbrille" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit Sonnenbrille">

Your decision was actually influenced by me.
Let& #39;s find out how? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht">

I made you read the word - WASH before asking you to form a word.

By doing this, I sent information to your subconscious mind.

And you quickly associated the word WASH with SOAP.
If I had made you read - EAT and asked you to form a word- SO_P

Chances are very high that you would put a "U" in the blank and form the word SOUP

This is because your brain associates EAT with SOUP
What you just experienced is called

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚨" title="Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht" aria-label="Emoji: Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht"> THE PRIMING EFFECT https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚨" title="Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht" aria-label="Emoji: Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht">

By definition,

Priming is a phenomenon in which exposure to one stimulus influences how a person responds to a subsequent, related stimulus.
Why Priming Matters? because it affects consumer behaviour.

To demonstrate this, an experiment was conducted in a supermarket.

German & French wines https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍷" title="Weinglas" aria-label="Emoji: Weinglas"> were kept in the drinks section.
Each bottle clearly displayed their country’s national flag.

The position of the wines on the shelves was changed halfway through the two-week testing period.
French music and German music were played on alternate days from a tape deck kept on top of the wine shelf.
The results were astonishing when the experiment was concluded after 2 weeks https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😯" title="Schweigendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schweigendes Gesicht">-

- French wine outsold German wine when French music was played

- German wine outsold French wine when German music was played
Mind=blown? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤯" title="Explodierender Kopf" aria-label="Emoji: Explodierender Kopf">

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