The Hidden Persuaders Author:Vance Packard What Makes Us Buy, Believe - And Even Vote - The Way We Do. An Introduction to the New World of Symbol Manipulation and Motivational Research. — Why do men think of a mistress when they see a convertible in a show room? (See "The Built-in Sexual Overtone.") — Why do marketing psychologists call deep freezers "frozen islands of security"? (See "Mar... more »keting Eight Hidden Needs.")
Why do women undergo a significant decrease in their eye-blink rate when they get in supermarkets? (See "Babes in Consumerland.")
Why do some children's TV shows take sly swipes at parents? (See "The Psycho-Seduction of Children.")
Why are women in supermarkets attracted to items wrapped in red? (See "Babes in Consumerland.")
Why are more and more products wearing out from "psychological obsolescence"? (See "The Trouble with People.")
Why are many of us afraid of banks? (See "Rx for Our Secret Distresses.")
Why are hospitals being urged to treat patients like children? (See "The Packaged Soul.")
Why do children like cereals that crackle and crunch? (See "The Psycho-Seduction of Children.")« less