Luk Warlop BI Norwegian Business School KU Leuven
MARKETING IS POWERFUL ART OF TEMPTATION But how does it work? Why are we so vulnerable to it? Is it general or domain specific How to counter temptation?
Intertemporal choice NOW A YEAR FROM NOW
Intertemporal choice NOW A YEAR FROM NOW
time delay (in days) present value (in €)
Present value is a FEELING time delay (in days) subjective value (in €) greater preference for larger, later rewards greater preference for smaller, earlier rewards
time delay (in days) subjective value (in €) greater preference for smaller, earlier rewards
time delay (in days) subjective value (in €) greater preference for smaller, earlier rewards
time delay (in days) subjective value (in €) greater preference for smaller, earlier rewards
time delay (in days) subjective value (in €) greater preference for smaller, earlier rewards
time delay (in days) subjective value (in €) greater preference for smaller, earlier rewards
Approaching rewards Behavioral activation system FOOD – SURVIVAL SEX - REPRODUCTION Money rewards – consumer products
General reward system?
Impatience is not domain specific Temptation in one domain can spill over to an other domain
Participants specified the amount of money they would require in 1 [week/month] to make them indifferent to receiving €15 now Area under the empirical discounting function = measure of discounting ( Myerson, Green & Warusawitharana 2001 €15 today = € ____ next [week/month] Time delay (in days) Subjective Value (in €) Van den Bergh, Dewitte & Warlop, 2008
Van den Bergh et al, 2008, study1
Briers et al (2007): ‘Give Some Game’
F(1, 53) = 4.8, p =.033 (we controlled for time since last meal) Coins given to the opponent
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power” Abraham Lincoln ( )
Clothing evaluation study Skill test: manager or problem solver Drinking task Jazani & Warlop, 2012
Study 3: Results Main effect of Temptation condition (p=0.002), significant interaction (p=0.008)
Hot State Manipulation
Cold State Manipulation
Both Cake and the Cake Pan were located in the Objective Distance of 220 cm
WTP for the Cake Main effect of temptation condition (p=0.039) and significant interaction
Impatience is not domain specific Is patience domain specific?
MARKETING IS POWERFUL ART OF TEMPTATION Counter forces –Generalized Control –Generalized Satiation Generalized temptation
Ego depletion
Generalized control
Bladder control increases the present value of future monetary rewards
Patience
Generalized Satiation
Marketing appeals to our animal nature – a sensitive impulse activation system Control system may not be so general and is limited in capacity Ultimately control may depend on satiation