> How trustworthy are these results? The accumulated findings from several experiments help build a convincing case, but unfortunately the field study - which had the potential to provide the most persuasive evidence - is seriously flawed. The actor apologised (sic) for the rain then asked to borrow a phone, or in the comparison condition he just asked to borrow the phone. There was no proper control condition. This means we don't know if the impact of the apology was specific to making an apology or merely an effect of uttering any kind of ice-breaker.
This is a devastating objection to the findings of the study.
The addition of "(sic)" is non-useful, as that is an accepted spelling in British English, which is where this post comes from. Try searching, I don't know, anywhere else on that page. It was not a mistake.
This is a devastating objection to the findings of the study.
Here's a link to the study: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/Brooks%20Dai%...