Abstract
This paper investigates the consumer response to pre-release product advertising. Participants were 40 College of Wooster students (20 men and 20 women). Drawing on past consumer psychology research on affective (mis)forecasting, positive uncertainty, persuasion knowledge model, and more, I explore consumers’ bias toward “the next big thing.” Data was collected through the use of two surveys. The first given at Time 1 measured anticipated and actual emotional responses to a present or future framed advertisement as well as measuring ad credibility, ad attitude, and number of thoughts evoked. The second was given at Time 2 again measuring anticipated and actual emotional response this time to the present or future framed product, as well as measuring participants’ evaluation of the product. No significant results were found for affective responses between time frames.
Advisor
Garcia, Amber
Department
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Boyce, Daniel K., "Faulty Product Predictions: Exploring Affective Misforecasting in Relation to Future versus Current Advertising" (2016). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 7301.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/7301
Disciplines
Other Psychology | Social Psychology
Keywords
Advertising, Affective Forecasting, Emotions, Persuasion
Publication Date
2016
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
© Copyright 2016 Daniel K. Boyce