The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group
[NOT READ; no full text and no deposited abstract retrieved, 2026-10-19] Aronson, E., & Mills, J. (1959). 'The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group.' The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 59(2), 177-181. doi:10.1037/h0047195. Effort justification, and the article must keep it apart from everything else here: this is the person's OWN costly effort changing their liking for the thing they suffered for, through dissonance reduction, not a provider's effort changing a buyer's valuation. Laboratory, 1959, no field evidence. The authors raise the self-selection alternative themselves, that clubs with severe initiations attract people who badly want to join, and their exp
[NOT READ; no full text and no deposited abstract retrieved, 2026-10-19] Aronson, E., & Mills, J. (1959). 'The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group.' The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 59(2), 177-181. doi:10.1037/h0047195. Effort justification, and the article must keep it apart from everything else here: this is the person's OWN costly effort changing their liking for the thing they suffered for, through dissonance reduction, not a provider's effort changing a buyer's valuation. Laboratory, 1959, no field evidence. The authors raise the self-selection alternative themselves, that clubs with severe initiations attract people who badly want to join, and their exp
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Aronson, E., & Mills, J. (1959). The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 59(2), 177-181. doi:10.1037/h0047195.