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Within “Thank You for Arguing What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach us About the Art of Persuasion,” Jay Heinrichs, a skilled editor, and author with a long history of rhetoric delineates a very educational lesson over the power of persuasive writing or speaking in order to interact with the world around us. He accomplishes this by lucidly describing the steps to become a powerful persuader. My favorite chapter is chapter 7, which proves, to me, that this book should continue to be used in schools. Heinrichs organizes the book by explaining the skill then recounting an anecdote to help further explain when and how the strategy is most useful.
Overall, the combination of the effectiveness, practicality, and the versatility of this skill is what makes it the most valuable. The persuader attaches what the audience wants to something
Persuasion means causing someone to believe with your point of view. There three different kinds of tools of persuasion that specified by the great philosopher Aristotle. That are pathos, logos and ethos. Pathos one way of the orator to attach with the spectator’s feeling. For example charity that run for the development of the poor people who haven’t a shelter or don’t get food in proper way.
Convincing someone on believing that one persons’ opinion is more correct than someone else’s is a very large aspect of life now. Persuasion can become very useful when deciphering with other people in someone’s everyday
People tend to base their opinions on a body of supportive arguments that they express publically in a group” (Hogg & Vaughan, 2014). One study I came across investigated the central and peripheral routes to persuasion. The study found that “the number of arguments in a message is what could affect agreement.” (Petty & Cacioppo, 1984). This coincides with the persuasive argument theory and also further explains how Juls persuaded Kimmy to try and convince Michael to leave his job.
Socrates thinks persuasion is more effective because it shows the best human character. Persuasion shows that you have the most respect for the law and also respect for human dignity. The reasons it shows the most respect for human dignity and for law is explained below. Physical force uses superiority but reasoning is something we exclusively do with other human beings rather than treating them as less than human. By using words and reason we treat them as another human being and with the respect humans deserve.
We use persuasion in marketing. The problem is when they persuasion for unethical practices,
Social influence is defined as the process in which we are coerced into doing something by an external agent. That “something” consists of a variety of actions, from changing our thoughts on a subject, person or belief, to buying products. The way we are persuaded depends on what the agent is attempting to manipulate or get us to do. There are two separate ways or paths one uses to deliver a message of persuasion based on psychological processes, known as the central and the peripheral route. The central route refers to providing a thoughtful, logical, and compelling persuasive argument to an analytically motivated recipient.
The theory has split persuasion in two ways: the central route and the peripheral route. The central route implies a high content elaboration and persuasion that will most likely lead to a permanent change in attitude; thus, leading to decision-making.
It has also helped me to acquire supplies that will help make the office more efficient. I have also seen persuasion used in order to convince clients that our service is the best service for them. A few years ago, when I was 20, I learned about the persecution of gypsy’s in Eastern Europe and decided to make a documentary about it. I was able to successfully convince others
It involves the health professional to gather cues and information, process the information, establish goals, take action and evaluate the outcomes (Levett-Jones 2018, p. 5). This can be used as part of the information processing theory where information and cues are gathered and processed. The clinical
Persuasion is trying to get someone’s to believe in something that is being said or done. In a way people are persuaded to believe in many things in the world. For example, that the earth we live in is flat. Influence, is the effect or behavior of something reflecting on something else. For example, parents influence children to behave by behaving themselves.
Influence tactics are strategies used by conveying one’s behavior or attitude to influence or impact someone else’s (the target). There are ten influence tactics that were covered in class, and the two that were chosen for this experiment are Rational Persuasion and Ingratiation. Rational Persuasion is the use of logical evidence, facts, and rational arguments to persuade the target to conforming to whatever behavior or attitudes desired. This tactic is known to be most effective when used with high frequently. An example of this tactic would be presenting information on a new work model to a boss or executive and showing how effective it can be by the use of statistical data and information.
Persuasion has its own pivot in making a communication simple and understanding in almost all perspectives. For persuasion to function, it must tally with some principles that can make it function in a considerable degree of inter-personal relationship. The few principles are outlined as follows, Principle of reciprocity: Reciprocity is the mutual expectation for exchange of value or service, Mostly in all cultures, when a person gives out something to one person there is also a need for the second person to show gratitude either by way of another gift or an action showing or proving the your gratitude. Most at times in persuasion, this formality is required to balance the process of exchange either by gift or words. Most at times at work there is this particular season when we share gifts among ourselves as employees in the business, this gift sharing calls for an utmost response by the receiver of any gift that you may have given to that working colleague.
Social influence “refers to the myriad ways that people affect one another. It involves the changes in attitudes, beliefs, feelings, and behaviour that result from the comments, actions, or even the mere presence of others”. (Gilovich, Keltner & Nisbett, 2006, p. 276) Influencing others within ethical or unethical framework is part of everyday life. Different ways of persuasion are used in order to convince individuals to conform, resulting to the change of attitudes or beliefs.
