Subjects induced to perform a small favor, filling out a questionnaire, were more likely than subjects who did not fill out the questionnaire to perform a subsequent larger favor, volunteering for an experiment. However, as predicted by a self-perception analysis of the probable process, this result was observed only in normal weight subjects and not in overweights.
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