Citations:granfalloon


 * 2008, Robert C. Aldridge, "", America in Peril (Hope Publishing House), page 148:
 * It is this cognitive nature of a granfalloon that cult leaders use to motivate members. By getting members to link their self esteem to the group, the leaders manipulate behavior–in essence saying: "You are on my side (never mind that I created the teams), now act like it and do what we say." They don't speak that bluntly but this is the message conveyed. That is the motivational aspect.


 * 2011, Anthony R. Pratkanis, "", The Science of Social Influence: Advances and Future Progress (Psychology Press), page 18:
 * A social influence tactic that appears to be common to all social species is the development of ingroup and outgroup boundaries and the use of this social group, be it a colony, hive, school, pack, troop, or granfalloon of Homo sapiens, to make decisions and choices.
 * 2013, John Mauk, John Metz, "", The Composition of Everyday Life (Cengage Learning), page 487:
 * And this is our individual expression&mdash;brand selection. On marches the rich kids' granfalloon, wearing its seventy-dollar Tommy Hilfiger jeans. On marches the in-crowd girls' granfalloon, signifying its lofty social attitude with Roxy sweathshirts and pink Adidas shoes. And on marches the wannabe jocks' granfalloon, t-shirts and warm-up pants plastered with any number of athletically oriented logos. This is my generation.