Recent research has shown that when you get people to sign at the top of a form they are more likely to be honest when filling in the form than if they sign at the bottom of the form after they have filled it in.
When people commit to something in advance they are more likely to stick to what they have commited to. In therapy if you set tasks for people to do and ask them if they would do a specific task after you have told them the task they are generally less likely to do it than if you get their commitment before telling them what the task is.
For honesty or dishonesty if people have been dishonest on a form, or stretched the truth a little, they are likely to still sign the form to say that it is accurate, whereas if they have signed the form before filling it out or seeing what questions they are going to be asked then they are likely to base their actions on the fact that they have already agreed to be honest and they will be likely to base what they put on the agreement they have already made.
When we are primed with an idea this idea often influences our future actions, so if we are primed with honesty then we are more likely to have honest actions.
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