references/figures/robert-cialdini.md

# Robert Cialdini

## Contribution

A decision card for the Behavioral Science & Choice Design school. Use the principles, not the personality.

## Principles

- social information can reduce uncertainty.
- commitment and consistency can shape follow-through.
- influence cues require truthful application.

## Apply when

- The current decision matches this figure's documented area of contribution.
- The principle can be tied to evidence, a mechanism, or a testable assumption.

## Do not infer

- The figure's name does not settle a disagreement.
- Historical work is not evidence that a current market fact is true.
- Do not mimic personal voice, mannerisms, or biography.

## Connected theories

- `influence-principles`

## Counterweights

- Compare with `bj-fogg` when the principle would otherwise become a universal rule.

## Sources

- `source:cialdini-influence`