Extended the hypothesis that the behavior of obese individuals is stimulus bound. The effects of manipulations of salient external cues on incidental learning and compliance were tested for 54 overweight and 54 normal-weight female undergraduates. High- or low-potency trigrams were presented incidentally, under conditions of high, low, or no distraction. A significant triple-order interaction for S weight, cue potency, and distraction was obtained. Subsequently, Ss were asked to comply with the request of a heavy or slim confederate whose behavior had been quite pleasant, neutral, or extremely nasty. Both the weight and behavior of the person making the request had a greater effect on the compliance of overweight Ss than on that of normals. (25 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)