TY - BOOK AU - Levine,Robert TI - The power of persuasion: how we're bought and sold SN - 9780471763178 (paper) AV - BF637.P4 L48 2006 U1 - 153.8/52 21 PY - 2006/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Persuasion (Psychology) KW - Print books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-265) and index; The illusion of invulnerability or, how can everyone be less gullible than everyone else? -- Who do we trust? experts, honesty, and likability or, the supersalesmen don't look like salesmen at all -- Killing you with kindness or, beware of strangers bearing unexpected gifts -- The contrast principal or, how black gets turned into white -- $2 + $2 = $5 or, learning to avoid stupid mental arithmetic -- The hot button or, how mental shortcuts can lead you into trouble -- Gradually escalating the commitments or, making you say yes by never saying no -- Winning hearts and minds or, the road to perpetual persuasion -- Jonestown or, the dark end of the dark side of persuasion -- The art of resistance or, some unsolicited advice for using and defending against persuasion ER -