--- product_id: 1700403 title: "Influence: Science and Practice" price: "£25.68" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/1700403-influence-science-and-practice store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Influence: Science and Practice **Price:** £25.68 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Influence: Science and Practice - **How much does it cost?** £25.68 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/1700403-influence-science-and-practice) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Influence: Science and Practice: 9780205609994: Cialdini, Robert: Books Review: Great book on influence especially for consumers! - I have read this book twice in both graduate level psychology and communication classes. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion PROS: 1. I love this book and how it explains social influence: the psychology of persuasion to consumers. 2. This book explains how those trying to sell/market products easy influence / persuade you when you really don't want to. 3. EVERYONE should read this book to understand how psychological influence will cause you to purchase an item you don't want or need. 4. Plus, this will allow you NOT to get sucked in by manipulators trying to sell you something that you don't need or can't afford. (Great example was the vacuum someone sold my Mama)! 5. This is an easy read and should be read by everyone before heading to the mall or opening the door to salesman. 6. Chapters in the book (again, a very easy and fun read): Persuasion Principles: Principle 1: The Good Deal Principle Principle 2: Reciprocity Principle 3: Commitment and Consistency Principle 4: Social Proof Principle 5: Authority Principle 6: Liking Principle 7: Scarcity THIS IS USED IN EVERYDAY LIFE! IF YOU DON'T PURCHASE: AT LEAST CHECK OUT FROM LIBRARY AND READ! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INFLUENCE AND TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY! Don't get influenced and fooled again! Great book and read! Review: You Must Like This Book - This topic is just fascinating - the hidden pushes and pulls that affect our decision making, even when we believe we are reasoning. One such example (p.146) is the 1974 Canadian study that found politicians who were more attractive got 2.5 times the number of votes. Despite the evidence of favoritism, 73% of Canadian voters denied "in the strongest possible terms" that their votes had been influenced by physical appearance; only 14% even admitted the possibility! (See the study by Efran & Patterson, 1976 and another by Budesheim & DePaola, 1994.) The book does a wonderful job of keeping the subject light despite that it is chock full of references to studies. There are even cartoons are scattered throughout the chapters. Pictures from real life also are mixed in. Included are "defenses" that are meant to help us avoid the pitfalls, but I'm not sure they'll be entirely helpful or not because I personally thought a lot of these tactics would be very obvious to me. Summaries of the chapters are included, which serve as good refreshers if it's been a while since you've read the book (and need to write an desertcart review :] ). I think even anyone with a healthy dose of cynicism or business sense will read this and be surprised that these tactics work. One such example is of Detroit's Joe Girard, deemed greatest car salesman by Guinness Book of World Records for selling an average of 5 cars per day, who describes a technique he used: every month he sent a holiday greeting card (for Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving, whatever) to each of his 13,000 customers, with nothing but the words "I like you" and his signed name. (p.150) "Could a statement of liking so impersonal, obviously designed to sell cars, really work?: Joe Girard thought so, and a man as successful as he was at what he did deserves our attention." It was at least one of the techniques he used to earn himself hundreds of thousands of dollars per year as a car salesman. There's only one bit I came across in this entire book that I disagreed with, and it was from the chapter on authority, in which the author claims that normally authority figures (specifically and namely included are politicians and doctors) have earned the right to have "the word" on subjects they speak on. Politicians? Ha! Doctors? Like the ones who vouched for smoking being healthy when cigarettes came out? Think again. Trust Us We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future Other than that one tiny bit that caught my eye, the rest of the book is very informative and even fun to read. I'll leave you with one unbelievable example from the very beginning that tells how a shop owner accidentally relieved herself of the trouble of selling a certain variety of turquoise jewelry. She left a note instructing her employee to reduce them to 1/2 price. The employee misread and raised the price by 2 instead; the pieces sold almost immediately. This is due to the fact that people without better knowledge of a particular good will use the price alone to determine the quality or value of that good. This also worked for Chivas Regal Scotch Whiskey, which was a struggling brand until it's owners decided to raise its price substantially above its competitors! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | 0205609996 | | Best Sellers Rank | #132,482 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #138 in Business Management (Books) #332 in Medical General Psychology #2,265 in Motivational Self-Help (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,187) | | Dimensions | 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches | | Edition | 5th | | ISBN-10 | 9780205609994 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0205609994 | | Item Weight | 10.4 ounces | | Language | English | | Print length | 260 pages | | Publication date | July 29, 2008 | | Publisher | Allyn and Bacon | ## Images ![Influence: Science and Practice - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71txgfwihYL.jpg) ![Influence: Science and Practice - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91Y-P-aJp1L.jpg) ![Influence: Science and Practice - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31UQLwj+MWL.jpg) ![Influence: Science and Practice - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71GxyHMEt2L.jpg) ![Influence: Science and Practice - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81XpGSavhHL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book on influence especially for consumers! *by A***G on November 15, 2020* I have read this book twice in both graduate level psychology and communication classes. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion PROS: 1. I love this book and how it explains social influence: the psychology of persuasion to consumers. 2. This book explains how those trying to sell/market products easy influence / persuade you when you really don't want to. 3. EVERYONE should read this book to understand how psychological influence will cause you to purchase an item you don't want or need. 4. Plus, this will allow you NOT to get sucked in by manipulators trying to sell you something that you don't need or can't afford. (Great example was the vacuum someone sold my Mama)! 5. This is an easy read and should be read by everyone before heading to the mall or opening the door to salesman. 6. Chapters in the book (again, a very easy and fun read): Persuasion Principles: Principle 1: The Good Deal Principle Principle 2: Reciprocity Principle 3: Commitment and Consistency Principle 4: Social Proof Principle 5: Authority Principle 6: Liking Principle 7: Scarcity THIS IS USED IN EVERYDAY LIFE! IF YOU DON'T PURCHASE: AT LEAST CHECK OUT FROM LIBRARY AND READ! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INFLUENCE AND TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY! Don't get influenced and fooled again! Great book and read! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You Must Like This Book *by P***G on July 27, 2011* This topic is just fascinating - the hidden pushes and pulls that affect our decision making, even when we believe we are reasoning. One such example (p.146) is the 1974 Canadian study that found politicians who were more attractive got 2.5 times the number of votes. Despite the evidence of favoritism, 73% of Canadian voters denied "in the strongest possible terms" that their votes had been influenced by physical appearance; only 14% even admitted the possibility! (See the study by Efran & Patterson, 1976 and another by Budesheim & DePaola, 1994.) The book does a wonderful job of keeping the subject light despite that it is chock full of references to studies. There are even cartoons are scattered throughout the chapters. Pictures from real life also are mixed in. Included are "defenses" that are meant to help us avoid the pitfalls, but I'm not sure they'll be entirely helpful or not because I personally thought a lot of these tactics would be very obvious to me. Summaries of the chapters are included, which serve as good refreshers if it's been a while since you've read the book (and need to write an Amazon review :] ). I think even anyone with a healthy dose of cynicism or business sense will read this and be surprised that these tactics work. One such example is of Detroit's Joe Girard, deemed greatest car salesman by Guinness Book of World Records for selling an average of 5 cars per day, who describes a technique he used: every month he sent a holiday greeting card (for Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving, whatever) to each of his 13,000 customers, with nothing but the words "I like you" and his signed name. (p.150) "Could a statement of liking so impersonal, obviously designed to sell cars, really work?: Joe Girard thought so, and a man as successful as he was at what he did deserves our attention." It was at least one of the techniques he used to earn himself hundreds of thousands of dollars per year as a car salesman. There's only one bit I came across in this entire book that I disagreed with, and it was from the chapter on authority, in which the author claims that normally authority figures (specifically and namely included are politicians and doctors) have earned the right to have "the word" on subjects they speak on. Politicians? Ha! Doctors? Like the ones who vouched for smoking being healthy when cigarettes came out? Think again. Trust Us We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future Other than that one tiny bit that caught my eye, the rest of the book is very informative and even fun to read. I'll leave you with one unbelievable example from the very beginning that tells how a shop owner accidentally relieved herself of the trouble of selling a certain variety of turquoise jewelry. She left a note instructing her employee to reduce them to 1/2 price. The employee misread and raised the price by 2 instead; the pieces sold almost immediately. This is due to the fact that people without better knowledge of a particular good will use the price alone to determine the quality or value of that good. This also worked for Chivas Regal Scotch Whiskey, which was a struggling brand until it's owners decided to raise its price substantially above its competitors! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A summary of Social Psychology college course; worth reading. *by J***M on September 19, 2010* If you have never taken a Social Psychology class, then this book should be a must read. Even if you are not into psychological manipulations, you would want to be aware of when and how you are manipulated. Knowledge is power and knowledge of human psychological tendencies is as valuable as any. Written by a PhD in Psychology, this book provides numerous examples of Psychological studies. Although lacking examples of cutting edge research, the book nonetheless provides a empirically tested and credible insights into human influence and behavior. Pop-psychology this book is not and NLP and its controversial methods, fortunately, are not even mentioned. The Psychology researches are explained in layman's terms and the author purposesly wrote this book to be unlike Psychology textbooks. Nevertheless, this book isn't always interesting and can sometimes be pedantic. The author seemed to have cherry-picked the best and most useful Psychology knowledge of influence and put them in a very readable format. The author spends 80% of the book on expounding 8-10 core concepts involving Psychology of influence. I can't say, however, that I have read anything new in this book that I haven't read in my college Social Psychology class. But I am still glad I read this book since reading this book was a great refresher. ## Frequently Bought Together - Influence: Science and Practice - Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In - Persuasion: Theory and Research --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/1700403-influence-science-and-practice](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/1700403-influence-science-and-practice) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-05*