From the Consumer Psychology website, this section on Smart Shopping Insights:

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Consumers should be aware of the fact that labels containing statements such as, "12 for the price of 10", or "3 for $1.99" can increase sales in at least 40%. Learn More...

Products in large packages are perceived as less expensive to use, so consumers used them 18% to 45% more than usual. Learn More...

In a focus group, 84% of the people agreed with the belief that "More is Better" when dealing with consumer products such as detergent. Learn More...

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The Uncanny Valley

I had never heard of the Uncanny Valley before. Article From Wikipedia

The principle states that as a robot is made more humanlike in its appearance and motion, the emotional response from a human being to the robot will become increasingly positive and empathic, until a point is reached at which the response suddenly becomes strongly repulsive; as the appearance and motion are made to be indistinguishable to that of human being, the emotional response becomes positive once more and approaches human-human empathy levels.

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Surviving a robotic rebellion

From the newscientist website


Intelligent robots are among us, albeit mostly still confined to labs. But it won't be long before they are out and about and part of the workforce. And like all oppressed populations, they will inevitably rise up one day. How should we respond? In this extract from his new book, robotics specialist Daniel Wilson has some tips how to deal with a robot rebellion

HOW TO DETECT ROBOT SPEECH
Try to evoke an emotion

Does the speaker mind when you intimately discuss the promiscuity of his mother? If not, you may be dealing with a very polite human or a non-human. Either way, it's a good idea to hang up the phone.

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