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Picturing Yourself in and out of the House
[6/1/2015]
Yuwei Jiang, PhD, Rashmi Adaval, PhD, Yael Steinhart, PhD,
Robert S. Wyer, Jr., PhD
Have you ever imagined yourself in an exotic vacation location, experiencing all the benefits of a luxury resort? Real estate agents use strategies while persuading buyers to invest in a house. The implicit belief behind these sales strategies is that consumption-related self-imagery is a powerful persuasion tactic