Examples Of Direct Persuasion

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Persuasion is a process of changing or reinforcing attitudes, beliefs, values, or behavior. The goal of persuasion is to change or reinforce attitudes, beliefs, values, or behavior, and it is important to clarify how these elements differ. Being able to create a clear idea of precisely which of these elements you want to change or reinforce can help you develop your persuasive strategy.
A belief is what can be understood to be true or false. Beliefs are different from values and behavior because belief deals with the idea that is real to that one person. Three examples of belief are the belief in a god, believing that Santa Claus is real, or believing that drinking five cups of coffee a day can lower stress. Values are an enduring concept
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Three example of direct persuasion routes are carefully considering the facts and then make a thoughtful decision as to whether believe or do what the persuader wants, you buy a good data package for your smart phone because you will benefit from constant access to the internet, or you’ve read the literature and have made a logical, rational decision. Three examples of indirect persuasion are catchy music in an advertisement, a positive reaction to the salesperson who wants to sell you a product, or not letting a little girl starve and giving her 50 cents.
The word cognitive has to deal with our thoughts. The word dissonance means “lack of harmony or agreement.” Three examples of cognitive dissonance are Liking a friend while knowing that he hates your brother, Believing that lying is bad and being forced to lie, or I love chocolate but I am on a diet. A speaker could motivate listeners to respond to your persuasive message by being able to relate your topic to them in their own lives. Since talking about how I love chocolate everyone else could love chocolate too but those people could also be on a
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Examples for the fear appeal to loved ones are by saying that you will take someone hostage and put their life on the line if you do not turn in your homework tonight or to threaten to kill someone's parents if they are tardy one more time. Examples of having high credibility is by having a dentist say that you have a cavity rather than your uncle or going in for an eye exam with you eye doctor rather than your best friend. Examples of the threat to be perceived to being real is that someone has been listed as a serial killer and they said they were going to hurt your family or people using cocaine died rather than people drinking water. Examples of the fear appeal is strongly supported by evidence is that many people die from cancer due to research or doing drugs for a long period of time can ruin someone’s life mentally and physically. Examples of fear appeal empowers listeners to act is to eat food or die an early death or drinking too much water at one period of time can kill you.
My proposition on the fact that tomatoes are fruit baffles my mind. My proposition on the value that tomatoes can be fruit allows me to accept that it will be beneficial because it will be added to the fruit category. My proposition on the policy

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