When sharing the gospel …
(Part 1)
BE PERSISTENT
(Be Tenacious)
When sharing the most exciting Good News,
Ever to be shared on Planet Earth,
Let your Will be Tenacious:
The Joy of the LORD,
Is Your Strength!
Let your body and your spirit, embrace it, and express it.
Let your spirit and soul be contagious for all the right reasons,
And direct your audience in the right direction.
J. JOHN WIFE
The idea that people need to hear something about seven times before changing their minds aligns with psychological principles such as the *mere-exposure effect* and the *truth effect*.
1. **Mere-Exposure Effect**: This phenomenon suggests that repeated exposure to a stimulus increases familiarity, which often leads to a more favorable attitude toward it. The effect is widely observed in marketing and persuasion strategies, where repetition enhances acceptance or liking for ideas, products, or concepts[7].
2. **Truth Effect**: Repeated exposure to information can make people more likely to believe it is true, even if it is factually incorrect. This occurs because the brain interprets the ease of processing repeated statements as a signal of truthfulness[1].
3. **Cognitive Dissonance**: Changing minds often involves resolving cognitive dissonance, where conflicting beliefs create discomfort. Repeated exposure to new information can gradually reduce this discomfort, allowing individuals to adopt new perspectives over time[6].
Although no specific study explicitly confirms the “seven times” rule, research on repetition and exposure demonstrates that repeated presentation of information plays a significant role in shaping beliefs and attitudes.
Citations:
[1] https://www.psypost.org/does-repeated-information-trick-us-into-thinking-we-knew-it-all-along-new-study-has-an-answer/
[2] https://adrvantage.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Mindset-The-New-Psychology-of-Success-Dweck.pdf
[3] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2982870/
[4] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4635443/
[5] https://www.psypost.org/brain-scans-reveal-how-repeated-exposure-to-emotional-events-shapes-memory/
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere-exposure_effect
[8] https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1hg3rq9/a_new_psychological_study_has_shown_that_when/
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