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motivational research

British

noun

Also called: motivation research. the application of psychology to the study of consumer behaviour, esp the planning of advertising and sales campaigns

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The topics Packard covered, particularly motivational research and subliminal advertising, were not new to the reading public.

From US News • Jul. 8, 2014

The use of motivational research in advertising sparked little reaction until Packard presented it as intrusive and manipulative.

From US News • Jul. 8, 2014

That particular revelation came during one of the "depth interviews" conducted in the name of motivational research, the way-out wing of advertising in which the Freudian sell is rudimentary.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shirley MacLaine is wonderful in a soso story about motivational research and its application to love.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fancy packaging designed by some of the most competent commercial artists and motivational research men in the country.

From Subversive by Schoenherr, John

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