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Hi my name is Brenton Scott. I would like to work my philosophy project to add to the Ego Depletion wiki page. Under the Consumer Behavior section I will add a paragraph about Free Will. As I research Free will and Ego Depletion, I have found that these to are related to business and I would like to add more to that section. I want to explain Baumeister's and Hofmann's approach to consumerism behavior. On how consumers has freedom of choice; meaning their self control on shopping. Also how the market will cause consumers to loss that free choice, forcing them to shop impulsively. For future research I want to look at the citations used in the articles I found for more understanding on the subject.

Baumeister, R. F., Sparks, E. A., Stillman, T. F., & Vohs, K. D. (2008). Free will in consumer behavior: Self-control, ego depletion,

and choice. Journal Of Consumer Psychology, 18(1), 4-13. doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2007.10.002

This article explains the connection between ego depletion and free will in consumer behavior. It explains that free will are the choices we make based on our interest and like. In consumer behavior free will is making the choice to buy a product we want to buy and therefore buying that product. It also explains how ego depletion can be seen in consumer behavior. If a consumer is ego depleted, meaning the no longer have self control and can't form rational decision making, they will then become impulsive shoppers.

Hofmann, W., Strack, F., & Deutsch, R. (2008). Free to buy? Explaining self-control and impulse in consumer behavior. Journal Of

Consumer Psychology, 18(1), 22-26. doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2007.10.005

This article explains the Reflective Impulsive Model and how it cant be seen from a consumer behavior point of view. That impulsivity from consumers comes from a form a stimuli that is the trigger to make people shop. The stimuli of consumers is mainly advertisement that presents wants and desire focus on a product. It also explains how free will is the possibility of choices and the action to achieve, along with control over one's own actions.

Research Log #1
March 8, 2015

I search under the Psych Info database on the topic of Free Will and Ego Depletion in the search engine. As a result in found that Free Will and Ego Depeltion hava a strong conection to Consumer Behavior. With that I found two articles:

Baumeister, R. F., Sparks, E. A., Stillman, T. F., & Vohs, K. D. (2008). Free will in consumer behavior: Self-control, ego depletion, and choice. Journal Of Consumer Psychology, 18(1), 4-13. doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2007.10.002

Hofmann, W., Strack, F., & Deutsch, R. (2008). Free to buy? Explaining self-control and impulse in consumer behavior. Journal Of Consumer Psychology, 18(1), 22-26. doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2007.10.005

One article strongly mention advertisment and how it plays a role decreasing consumers self control. Next time I could search Advertisement and Free Will of Ego Delpetion. I could also so use Academic Search Premier to look more on the buisness aspect of consumerism.

Research Log #2
March 14, 2015

As I was reading the Free To Buy? article by Hofman. I look up a citation within the article:

Strack, F., Werth, L., & Deutsch, R. (2006). Reflective and Impulsive Determinants of Consumer Behavior. Journal Of Consumer Psychology (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates), 16(3), 205-216. doi:10.1207/s15327663jcp1603_2

This article gives a detailed and descriptive of the Reflective and Impulsive Model veiw from the consumer behavior. I will continue my research for advertisement and the connection to free will and ego depletion.

Research Log #3
March 15, 2015

Search for articles on advertisment connections to ego depletion or free will. Use the key words: Advertisment, Ego depletion & Free Will, under academic search premier and psych info. No material connected to my research showed up. I should keep resarching consumer behavir, along with free will and ego depletion for my research.

Proposal
Hi my name is Brenton Scott. I would like to work my philosophy project to add to the Ego Depletion wiki page. Under the Consumer Behavior section I will add a paragraph about Free Will. As I research Free will and Ego Depletion, I have found that these to are related to business and I would like to add more to that section. I want to explain Baumeister's and Hofmann's approach to consumerism behavior. On how consumers have freedom of choice; meaning their self-control on shopping. Also how the market will cause consumers to loss that free choice, forcing them to shop impulsively. For future research I want to look at the citations used in the articles I found for more understanding on the subject.

Baumeister, R. F., Sparks, E. A., Stillman, T. F., & Vohs, K. D. (2008). Free will in consumer behavior: Self-control, ego depletion,and choice. Journal Of Consumer Psychology, 18(1), 4-13. doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2007.10.002

This article explains the connection between ego depletion and free will in consumer behavior. It explains that free will are the choices we make based on our interest and like. In consumer behavior free will is making the choice to buy a product we want to buy and therefore buying that product. It also explains how ego depletion can be seen in consumer behavior. If a consumer is ego depleted, meaning the no longer have self control and can't form rational decision making, they will then become impulsive shoppers.

Hofmann, W., Strack, F., & Deutsch, R. (2008). Free to buy? Explaining self-control and impulse in consumer behavior. Journal Of Consumer Psychology, 18(1), 22-26. doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2007.10.005

This article explains the Reflective Impulsive Model and how it can be seen from a consumer behavior point of view. That impulsivity from consumers comes from a form a stimulus that is the trigger to make people shop. The stimuli of consumers are mainly advertisement that presents wants and desire focus on a product. It also explains how free will is the possibility of choices and the action to achieve, along with control over one's own actions.

Research Log #4
March 26,2015

As I been searching for articles on consumerism and ego depletion, have not found many articles on the subject. Though when I used key words such as; consumer behavior and self control(which relates to ego depletion) I have found more articles with these keywords. I also haven't found the time to try and read new articles. But when I re-read one of the articles I found and actively read it, instead of only focusing on the ego depletion part of it. As I did I found more information on the decision and free will, along with the self control of it and the decision part of consumerism. I feel as though this helps me with my searches. I also feel that my wiki project may not focus on ego depletion, but I might not edit the Consumer Behavior section in Ego Depletion. I may edit and add to the Decision section in the Consumer Behavior wiki page. More research is needed.

Comment
Active reading is definitely important. If you are reading articles in digital format, you might try doing keyword searches to help you find the sections that talk about the elements you are interested in. Then you can better decide how useful reading the whole article might be.Jbdolphin (talk) 04:55, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Research Log #5
March 29, 2015

Source: Psych Info Keywords: Consumer Behavior & Self-Control

CUTRIGHT, K. M., & SAMPER, A. (2014). Doing It the Hard Way: How Low Control Drives Preferences for High-Effort Products and Services. Journal Of Consumer Research, 41(3), 730-745.

Consumers who have low self control are willing to purchase high effort products(Cutright & Samper, 2014).

Consumer who have low self control are more likely to work hard or pay more for a product. This is due to the effect of working hard can lead to a sense of empowerment; they will feel in control again. It can also lead them to purchasing a brand that has a high status. A brand of high status is seen a beneficial and more and secure. Ego Depletion occurs in people when self control/willpower becomes impaired after performing an activity that is structured.

Research Log #6
March 31, 2015 Keywords: Consumer Behavior & Self Control

Ego depletion can stem from a person temporary adaptation in demanding situation (Botvinick et al, 2001). In consumer behaviorism this could be where advertisement and salesman making a sale pitch comes from. These can be seen as demanding situations, where they are trying there best to get you to buy what they are selling.

I found this article in a cite for another article. Botvinick, Matthew M., Todd S. Braver, Deanna M. Barch, Cameron S. Carter, and Jonathan D. Cohen (2001), “Conflict Monitoring and Cognitive Control,” Psychological Review, 108 (3), 624–52

Article it was found in: DEWITTE, S., BRUYNEEL, S., & GEYSKENS, K. (2009). Self-Regulating Enhances Self-Regulation in Subsequent Consumer Decisions Involving Similar Response Conflicts. Journal Of Consumer Research, 36(3), 394-405.

Research Log #7
Read this (note to me): Scott, C. A. (1977). Modifying Socially-Conscious Behavior: The Foot-in-the-Door Technique. Journal Of Consumer Research, 4(3), 156-164. Reingen, P. H., & Kernan, J. B. (1977). Compliance with and Interview Request: A Foot-In-the-Door, Self-Perception Interpretation. Journal Of Marketing Research (JMR), 14(3), 365-369.

Rough Draft
Consumer behavior is connected to freewill because conscious decisions is helpful for making rational decisions rather than impulsive ones (Baumeister, R. F., Sparks, E. A., Stillman, T. F., & Vohs, K. D., 2008). Ego depletion can be a way for a person temporary adaptation in demanding situation (Botvinick et al, 2001). In consumer behaviorism, these demanding can be where advertisement and salesman making a sale pitch comes from. In these situations consumers face with deals and "you should buy this". Consumers are also faced with choices of different price ranges and product qualities.

These demanding situations can make consumers feel overwhelmed and lack of freedom to choose a product (Hofmann, W., Strack, F., & Deutsch, R., 2008). With advertisement subjectively or objectively; telling consumers how they need a product or how they deserve a product to must have a product. This cause people to become fatigue and frustrated and give in to buying a product (Schmeichel, Vohs,& Baumeister(2003). Fatigue and frustration can also stem from deals with restrictions of away to buy a product, along with which store has the best deals or trying to get to the store. People will be lead to buy the best expensive or cheapest product(Simonson, 1989).

Consumers who have low self control are willing to spend a lot of effort to get a products or high quality(Cutright & Samper, 2014). Consumer who have low self control are more likely to work hard or pay more for a product. This is due to the effect of working hard can lead to a sense of empowerment; they will feel in control again. It can also lead them to purchasing a brand that has a high status. A brand with a high status is seen as beneficial and secure.

This draft will go in the Consumer Behavior section of the Ego Depletion article.

Rough Draft #2
Consumers are faced with choices of different price ranges and product qualities. Having these multiple options can make consumers feel overwhelmed and lack of freedom to choose a product. With advertisement subjectively or objectively; telling consumers how they need a product or how they deserve a product to must have a product. This cause mental fatigue and frustrated, leading people to give in to buying a product. Fatigue and frustration can also stem from deals with restrictions of a way to buy a product, along with which store has the best deals or trying to get to the store. People will be lead to buy the best expensive or cheapest product

Consumers who have low self-control are willing to be more invested in obtaining product of a high status. Consumers who have low self-control are more likely to be more motivated, persistence and pay more for a product. This is due to the effect of working hard can lead to a sense of empowerment; they will feel in control again. It can also lead them to purchasing a brand that has a high status. A brand with a high status is seen as beneficial and secure.

Rough Draft #3
Consumers are faced with choices of different price ranges and product qualities in the market. Having many options can make consumers feel overwhelmed, causing ego depletion. With advertisement subjectively or objectively; telling consumers how they deserve and must have a product. This cause mental fatigue and frustrated, leading people to give in to buying a product. Fatigue and frustration can also stem from deals with restrictions on ways to purchase a product, along with which store has the best deals or trying to get to the store. People will then be lead to buy the best expensive or cheapest product

Consumers who have low self-control are willing to be more invested in obtaining product of a high status. These same consumers are more likely to be more motivated, persistent and pay more for a product. This is due to the effect of working hard can lead to a sense of empowerment; they will feel in control again and overcoming their ego depleted states. It can also lead them to purchasing a brand that has a high status. The consumer will feel that the brand will be more beneficial and secure with the product.

Draft #4
Consumers are faced with choices of different price ranges and product qualities in the market. Having many options can make consumers feel overwhelmed, causing ego depletion. With advertisement telling consumers how they deserve and must have a product. This causes mental fatigue and frustration, leading people to give in to buying a product. Fatigue and frustration can also stem from deals with specific requirements on ways to purchase a product, along with spending effort on deciding which store has the best deals or trying to get to the store. People will then be lead to buy the high priced or cheapest product

Consumers who have low self-control are susceptible to be more invested in obtaining product of a high status. These same consumers are more likely to be more motivated, persistent and pay more for a product. This is will lead consumers to have a sense of empowerment; they will feel in control again and feel as though they are overcoming their ego depleted states. It can also lead them to purchasing a brand that has a high status. The consumer might feel that the brand be more beneficial and secure with the product.