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Nickerson & Rogers, 2010: Planning when and where to vote increased turnout among citizens

Reference:

Nickerson, D. W., & Rogers, T. (2010). Do you have a voting plan? Implementation intentions, voter turnout, and organic plan making. Psychological Science, 21(2), 194-199.
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Summary:

Adding to a get-out-the-vote call script implementation intention questions—asking when a person would vote, where they would be coming from, and what they would be doing beforehand—increased turnout in a competitive presidential primary by 0.9% (intention to treat) or 4.1% (average treatment on treated). There was no effect of simply asking people to predict whether they would vote (see Greenwald et al., 1987).

Psychological Process:

What Desired Meaning is At Stake?

What is the Person Trying to Understand?

Selves (My Own and Others')

Approach to Desired Meaning

What about it?

Changing beliefs about goals

Psychological Question Addressed

Where and when will I accomplish my goals?

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Need

What is the Person Trying to Understand?

What Desired Meaning is At Stake?

What Desired Meaning is At Stake?

What About it?

Approach to Desired Meaning

Approach to Desired Meaning

How?

Psychological Question Addressed

Psychological Question Addressed

Psychological Question Addressed

Psychological Process 3:

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What Desired Meaning is At Stake?

Approach to Desired Meaning

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How?

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Greg Walton & Timothy Wilson