Brand psychology

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Running a test that would change your mind

Lesson 12 of 12 in Brand psychology.

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A test that cannot change your mind is theatre, and a great deal of brand research is theatre. The discipline is to write down beforehand what result would make you abandon the idea, and to mean it.

An ink drawing of a researcher with a clipboard and sealed envelope watching a stranger search a supermarket shelf for a new pack.
The prediction is sealed first, then a stranger tries to find the pack.
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  1. Question 1, locked

    Which of these words means this? “A statement that could turn out to be wrong. The basis of a real test.”

    • Falsifiable prediction
    • Replication
    • Heuristic
    • System two
  2. Question 2, locked

    Which of these words means this? “What you compare against. Without one there is no result.”

    • Control
    • Price-quality inference
    • Decoy
    • Reference price
  3. Question 3, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Writing down what you expect before you look. Stops the goalposts moving.”

    • Mere exposure
    • Processing fluency
    • Pre-registration
    • Replication
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