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“Public commitments are substantially more binding than private ones -- people who publicly declare a position are far more resistant to changing it, as demonstrated by energy conservation studies.”

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Pallak, Cook & Sullivan (1980), Commitment and Energy Conservation, Applied Social Psychology Annual 1DOI registry: valid

Iowa City residents who made public commitments to conserve energy reduced consumption by 10-20%, while private commitment groups showed no significant change.

Cioffi & Garner (1996), The Effect of Response Mode on the Self, JPSPFLAGGED: DOI not in registry

Active commitments (writing or speaking) produced stronger behavioral follow-through than passive commitments.

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