information about what others are doing. Just a few months after Freecycle got off the ground,
Cialdini worked with a team of psychologists to survey more than eight hundred Californians about
their
energy consumption
. They asked the Californians how important the following factors were in
shaping their decisions to save energy:
It saves money
It protects the environment
It benefits society
A lot of other people are doing it
The Californians consistently reported that the most important factor was protecting the
environment. Benefiting society was second, saving money was third, and following the lead of other
people was last. Cialdini’s team wanted to see whether people were right about their own
motivations, so they designed an experiment. They visited nearly four hundred homes in San Marcos,
California, and randomly assigned them to receive one of four different types of door hangers:
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