Television commercials differing in levels of distraction were presented to subjects who varied in their degree of commitment to competing products. Results lend only limited support to the prediction that distraction would increase yielding among subjects committed to competing products. An alternative explanation of the process, based upon distraction interference with learning, is rejected.
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Stewart W. Bither (1972) studied this question.
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