...“So Cute I Could Eat It Up”: Priming Effects of Cute Products on Indulgent Consumption GERGANA Y. NENKOV MAURA L. SCOTT This article examines the extent to which consumers engage in more indulgent consumption when they are exposed to whimsically cute products and explores the process by which such products affect indulgence. Prior research on kindchenschema (baby schema) has found that exposure to cute babies or baby animals leads to more careful behavior (see the study by Sherman, Haidt, and Coan), suggesting restraint. The present research uncovers the opposite: consumers become more indulgent in their behavior after exposure to whimsically cute products. Drawing from research on cognitive priming, kindchenschema, anthropomorphization, indulgence, and regulatory focus, this research posits that exposure to whimsically cute products primes mental representations of fun, increasing consumers’ focus on approaching self-rewards and making consumers more likely to choose indulgent options. These effects do not emerge for kindchenschema cute stimuli, since they prime mental representations of vulnerability and caretaking. Four empirical studies provide evidence for the proposed effects and their underlying process. C ompanies market a rapidly increasing number and variety of cute products across numerous categories, targeting not only children but also adult consumers. The marketplace is replete with cute clothing, utensils, appliances, foods, office supplies, and...
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...“So Cute I Could Eat It Up”: Priming Effects of Cute Products on Indulgent Consumption GERGANA Y. NENKOV MAURA L. SCOTT This article examines the extent to which consumers engage in more indulgent consumption when they are exposed to whimsically cute products and explores the process by which such products affect indulgence. Prior research on kindchenschema (baby schema) has found that exposure to cute babies or baby animals leads to more careful behavior (see the study by Sherman, Haidt, and Coan), suggesting restraint. The present research uncovers the opposite: consumers become more indulgent in their behavior after exposure to whimsically cute products. Drawing from research on cognitive priming, kindchenschema, anthropomorphization, indulgence, and regulatory focus, this research posits that exposure to whimsically cute products primes mental representations of fun, increasing consumers’ focus on approaching self-rewards and making consumers more likely to choose indulgent options. These effects do not emerge for kindchenschema cute stimuli, since they prime mental representations of vulnerability and caretaking. Four empirical studies provide evidence for the proposed effects and their underlying process. C ompanies market a rapidly increasing number and variety of cute products across numerous categories, targeting not only children but also adult consumers. The marketplace is replete with cute clothing, utensils, appliances, foods, office supplies, and...
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...“So Cute I Could Eat It Up”: Priming Effects of Cute Products on Indulgent Consumption GERGANA Y. NENKOV MAURA L. SCOTT This article examines the extent to which consumers engage in more indulgent consumption when they are exposed to whimsically cute products and explores the process by which such products affect indulgence. Prior research on kindchenschema (baby schema) has found that exposure to cute babies or baby animals leads to more careful behavior (see the study by Sherman, Haidt, and Coan), suggesting restraint. The present research uncovers the opposite: consumers become more indulgent in their behavior after exposure to whimsically cute products. Drawing from research on cognitive priming, kindchenschema, anthropomorphization, indulgence, and regulatory focus, this research posits that exposure to whimsically cute products primes mental representations of fun, increasing consumers’ focus on approaching self-rewards and making consumers more likely to choose indulgent options. These effects do not emerge for kindchenschema cute stimuli, since they prime mental representations of vulnerability and caretaking. Four empirical studies provide evidence for the proposed effects and their underlying process. C ompanies market a rapidly increasing number and variety of cute products across numerous categories, targeting not only children but also adult consumers. The marketplace is replete with cute clothing, utensils, appliances, foods, office supplies, and...
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...Compare and Contrast Essay Crash! The black, white, and tan puppy comes crashing through the baby gate. Bounding onto the clean carpet, he rolls onto his furry back and invites me to rub his silky stomach. Dogs are my absolute favorite pets. Sighing about the broken baby gate, i pick him up and plop him on the cushion of grass outside. Hercules, my dog, runs around me in circles. When he gets tired, we go back inside and he snuggles with me. In contrast, the cat sits in the corner by its litter box, hissing. That testy, sullen cat never lets me snuggle her. Clearly, dogs are preferable to cats due to their playfulness, cuteness, and willingness to snuggle. Dogs...
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...changed after she became mother of triplets. She expressed before the birth of her triplets she wasn't into triplets that much but afterwards the affiliation increased and searching for more much cases increased within me by heart. Kanon, the brother of the triplet simply adores her sisters. Karae mentioned that Kanon honestly plays a Big B role , caring and playing with them Adding further to the talk , Karae suggested that all the mother who are being crazy after breastfeeding shouldn't do that instead she suggest a mini fridge and a bottle warmer in your bedroom. The coordinated dresses i dress them with , make me remember how my mother dressed me and my sister up, said Karae Coursey. There not just three babies , there three doses of cuteness...
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...Did you know that giving your cat too much tuna can cause an addiction and a lack of vitamin D? Or that will try to communicate to you by by meowing or pawing your arm. Or that Cats can be trained like dogs? What if I told you that cats were made for hunting. Well now you do. Cats are lovely creatures. Almost everyone enjoys them. They are cute, energetic and they love to seek your attention. So cats are pretty cute, but that is how they hide their evil. Cats come in many different breeds such as; Bengal, Siamese, Persian, Russian Blue, Sphynx, exotic Shorthair, and much more. Cats are special creatures. They often come with cuteness but, sometimes they don’t. Take the Sphynx for example. Because they don’t have fur they are often described...
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...lays as an impossibility. Even more superpowers, My Super Hero’s last and most harmless ability stings the eyes of the enemy with dill pickle juice. The useful superpower can stop x-ray vision. If the target gets hit their vision gets blocked and they normally shut their eyes. In the eyes of many of those humans, dill pickles taste great. By a default set of mind, the dill pickle lovers love My Super Hero since he classifies as a dill pickle. The dill pickle, a widely known type of pickle, and the people who see him see My Super Hero familiarly play a big role in his popularity, although he might not display popularly. His cat on the other hand displays quite popularly. My Super Hero’s cat can explode into many tiny kittens with extreme cuteness freezing anyone who sees them in place. This becomes very useful for My Super Hero and creates a huge difference between other superheroes. People like My Super Hero because of his cool cat. More about My Super Hero’s possessions and some personality, he has a favorite font. Specifically not comic sans because comic sans will always have well hatred from overuse. His opinion, greatly appreciated, until comic sans started ruling the internet and weird posters stuck to random telephone poles took over the planet. The planet as in random telephone poles with three hundred something something posters stapled to it. Nice job community, more cleanup for My Super Hero. He has a lot to do normally so My Super Hero can’t clean off the poles often...
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...Human Barbie “I’m a Barbie girl, in a barbie world” The Barbie Girl song by the group Aqua became a catchy pop song during its released in May 1997. It was every woman’s song as they dream to experience Barbie’s life. And who would have thought that some women was so much dedicated to look like Barbie and some are just born with Barbie’s appearance. Here are some of the girls in different countries who really resemble the looks of Barbie 1. Valeria Lukyanova The most controversial and the creepiest human barbie comes from Ukraine. She’s Valeria Lukyanova, 21, a good looking blonde woman that turns herself to look like Barbie by putting piles of make up and blue eye contact lenses. She also underwent a series of plastic surgeries that include enhancing her breast, tucking and nipping her waist and carving her face to achieve a physique and facial features of Barbie. She spent almost $80000 for her Barbie looks. Other people said that she’s too creepy and lifeless. Maybe because of her big, glassy blue eyes and her tiny waist! KotaKoti Meet KotaKoti, also known as Dakota Rose! Her blogs and videos captured the attention of everybody especially in Japan and China. She’s one of the inspired living dolls in Japan. Her fans considered her as a cosplayer. She dresses the way she likes and doesn’t mind those people who make fun the way she dresses. Lots of people call her fake, arguing that her pictures are photoshopped. Dakota however just continues her girly life by blogging...
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...and the show focused on things that were happening daily. Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner were the NBC producers who created this comedy series. The wife and mother whose name was Clair on the show had a successful legal crew. Clift, who was the father and husband on the show played an obstetrician and paterfamilias was very successful also. Together the two kept their five children in line and made sure they were well taken care of and educated. Sondra, Denise, Theo, Vanessa and Rudy all made their parents proud, it was never a dull moment in the Huxtable household. After some years of being aired on the show, along came a step grand child named Olivia who ended up kind of being the star of the show with her humor and cuteness. Bill Cobsy was one of the first comedians to become a television sitcom star. For five seasons The Cobsby show was at the top of the Nielson ratings. Every year that the show was on air it received a People’s Choice award, six out of twenty nine...
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...and the show focused on things that were happening daily. Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner were the NBC producers who created this comedy series. The wife and mother whose name was Clair on the show had a successful legal crew. Clift, who was the father and husband on the show played an obstetrician and paterfamilias was very successful also. Together the two kept their five children in line and made sure they were well taken care of and educated. Sondra, Denise, Theo, Vanessa and Rudy all made their parents proud, it was never a dull moment in the Huxtable household. After some years of being aired on the show, along came a step grand child named Olivia who ended up kind of being the star of the show with her humor and cuteness. Bill Cobsy was one of the first comedians to become a television sitcom star. For five seasons The Cobsby show was at the top of the Nielson ratings. Every year that the show was on air it received a People’s Choice award, six out of twenty nine Emmy awards, three Golden Globe awards and more than forty other awards. https://www.google.com/webhp?rct=j#q=What+are+the+reference+and+biography+of+the+cobsy+show Phylicia...
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...the Directioners from all around the world. And follow them on twitter. Oh OF COURSE. FOLLOW THE BOYS! I always retweet their tweets. And everytime they're online, I always spam them until they notice me. But I always failed... I know they're getting 1000+ mentions. But if the boys notice me. I swear I'll be happiest girl in the world. They really make my day!! Well actually, I never met them in live concert, kinda sad Up All Night tour is over... but thats okay. One Direction will come here. I'm really sure. I wanna meet them, hug them, taking photos with them and married them.... *wink wink* Reasons why I love 1D.. :') Which I want to started.... I love about them because their jokes, their smiles, their gayness, their eyes, their cuteness, their kindness. I love them with each corner of my heart! They're my everything. 1D is part of my life. Everynight, I always crying...
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...throughout her writing to deliver her ever-changing outlook toward her own beauty. Walker describes the accident that happens to her as a child to show that one’s mindset can be altered through an intense experience and how her attitude completely transforms from a arrogant child into a newly reincarnated woman who now sees a new kind of beauty from within herself. She uses different points of her life to develop this very idea in separate comprehensible stages. She brings the scene to life when she tells us how she manipulates her daddy into taking her to the county fair by swirling around, with her hands on her hips, in her pretty dress and biscuit polished patent leather shoes and says '“I’m the prettiest!”' As she parades around using her cuteness for her father's approval. Her attitude is further encouraged by the people of her church. She was always used to hearing “'Oh, isn’t she the cutest thing!' This makes us believe that she is satisfied with her looks and shows us that she is confident with the outer beauty in herself. Then Walker outlook suddenly change. We feel the sadness in her words when she states “It was great fun being cute. But then, one day, it ended.” Walker now describes herself as a tomboy. She continues to make us feel her pain as she goes on to describe the day of the accident that changed her life forever. She puts the mental image in our mind of three young children...
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...or interesting animals in order to attract spectators to see their exhibits. Zoos are funded almost entirely by the profit brought in from guests, so the more guests the more money the zoo makes, and that comes at the cost of animals well being. In 2013 the Oklahoma City Zoo, one of the less popular zoos in the United States, profited over 12 million dollars (990 Form). On top of the profits made from admissions and concessions, zoos across America accept hundreds of millions of dollars in donations and grants. The People for Ethical Treatment of Animal (PETA) say on their website that “Zoos breed animals because the presence of babies draws zoo visitors and boosts revenue. But the animals’ fate is often bleak once they outgrow their ‘cuteness.’ And some zoos still import animals from the wild. (PETA)” Zoos are intended to provide animals with a safe place to be protected from natural predators, so how does this help if animals are being mistreated in captivity as well? Anyone in the zoological industry will tell you that zoos are meant to help conservation, however, there are much more effective and cheaper ways of conserving wildlife than to lock them in cages. The Wilderness Act of 1964 established designated 765 protected wilderness areas with over 109 million acres of protected land. These areas serve to protect animals from human threats while still allowing them to perform their natural actions uninfluenced. The Grey Wolf, once an almost extinct species, is now thriving...
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...refreshing spirit of the season. Just don’t forget to go with a pair of elegantly tuned gladiators from Chloe, to make sure your look stays constant. Dripping colours: from Gucci’s sunny orange to Acne’s flashy lemon and vigorous green; from Carolina Herrera’s pink sprinkles, Michael Kors’ flowery broider to Louis Vuitton’s hollowed lines, these energetic elements are so ubiquitously seen on the runway, ready to paint you happy in this flourishing season. Michael Kors’ floral embroidered tulle ballerina skirt would look so vivid, with a light marshmallow-coloured short sleeve pullover tucked in; or simply, Ralph Lauren’s boat-neck textured knit top. The pink cotton-poplin shirtdress from MK is but another attention grabber for the optimized cuteness. A glamorous floral belt also requires your attention, if you are pursuing the luxury-felt cosiness. The casual floral dress from Alberta Ferretti is another equal alternative. Beware of the little swamp monsters! Blended with the occasional navy grey and nepal, Fendi’s 2015 spring runway was presenting you with the vague, intriguing details of the cute swamp monsters popping out after the spring rain: be it the little croc tail-over handbag, or the lovely baby monster faced micro baguettes. Consider grabbing a pair of black Fendi crocodile tail-covered flats too, if you thought that the traditional sandal is too plain, for it is going to be the most vibrant spring ever. Have we forgotten something? Oh almost. So before you head out, do...
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...is a step that most Americans take; however, not everyone makes the best decisions while going through the process. In 2006 I purchased my first home, and was not educated about the process at all. Knowing the best areas, what the highest and lowest homes were for the area, what damages, if any, had been done to the home, and simply making sure I was getting the best for my dollar. The six stages of decision-making are some that I consider; however, some I did not. The end choice was one of force and guilt, not a decision-making process. My decision process The stages I took to come to the decision of buying a home were very little. I considered how much money I had, what area I wanted to live in, space, and cuteness. I identified various problems that would arise from living in the “wrong” part of town. I weighed the pros and cons of the different alternatives. Then I made a rash decision, and just made a choice. There was no rea process behind purchasing my home. I had a lump sum of money, and...
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