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The First Thing We Looked At, In What Case Were People More Likely To Be Attracted To The Jar Or Jam, So In Which Case Are People More Likely To Stop When They Saw The Display Of Jams And What We Found Was That More People Stopped When There Were 24 Jams.

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The First Thing We Looked At, In

Sheena Iyengar

The First Thing We Looked At, In What Case Were People More Likely To Be Attracted To The Jar Or Jam, So In Which Case Are People More Likely To Stop When They Saw The Display Of Jams And What We Found Was That More People Stopped When There Were 24 Jams.

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