Talk:Ben Franklin effect

Presidet
He was born januar 17th 1706 in boston masschusetts he was our 6th presidet. he did not graduate.At the age of 17 he ran away to philly.he return to filly 1726. A library wass created by benjamin franklin in 1731


 * Nice, but what's a Presidet? lol 204.52.215.107 16:30, 2 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Benjamin Franklin was 6th President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. He was never a US president. -Sensemaker

I call BS
This sounds like bullsh*t. It seems more likely that whoever thought this mistaked a different effect for this, such as the person already liking you and wanting to impress you. Can we get at least a citation about who named the term as such and who supported it? 80.98.218.96 (talk) 16:47, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

vs Mandela
The Nelson Mandela quote is not the same. It's the concept that working with someone means that you put aside your differences. Franklin's idea is that if you get someone to do something for you, they'll be more likely to do more favours for you - not the same as mutually working together at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.203.60.152 (talk) 05:53, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

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GA Review preliminary
I find myself perplexed by this article since the psychological studies cited do not mention Ben Franklin; but are straightforward tests of an effect consistent with the theory of cognitive dissonance. The other sources are blogs which reference the same studies. The quotes from Franklin describe the effect, but where is the reliable source that makes the connection between the name and the modern research? If there is no such source, is "seeing the similarity" original research? If it is OR by the bloggers, is that OK?

I would also remove the content from the dog trainer as unworthy of inclusion in a psychology article.--WriterArtistDC (talk) 20:27, 7 April 2017 (UTC)