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'''''Influence: Science and Practice''''' ({{ISBN|0-321-18895-0}}) is a [[psychology]] book examining the key ways people can be influenced by "Compliance Professionals". The book's author is [[Robert Cialdini|Robert B. Cialdini]], Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University.
The key premise of the book is that in a complex world where people are overloaded with more [[information]] than they can deal with, people fall back on a decision making approach based on generalizations. These generalizations develop because they allow people to usually act in a correct manner with a limited amount of thought and time. However, they can be exploited and effectively turned into weapons by those who know them to influence others to act certain ways.{{cn|date=December 2017}}
The findings in the book are backed up by numerous [[empirical]] studies conducted in the fields of psychology, [[marketing]], [[economics]], [[anthropology]] and [[social science]].
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