“A research team found that they could alter people’s judgement of importance just by getting them to answer questions using a heavier clipboard.”
Subsequent studies showed that heavier clipboards led to participants placing more importance on the university listening to student opinions, and that participants were more likely to link their opinion of whether Amsterdam was a great city to the competence of the mayor.Seems like it would hard to blind this.
A final study found that visitors who were stopped in the street and asked their opinion on a controversial subway were more confident in their opinion and were more likely to agree with strong arguments for the plan. [Mind Hacks]
