How does one prevent persuasion when they know they can be swayed, or is it possible? One method that might help is to create a strong attitude, meaning that a strong attitude will help someone to resist temptation and exposure of a thing they want to feel a certain way about (Smith & Mackie, 2014). If one wants to feel negatively about something they might be susceptible to, they can study it and form alliances with others of the same opinion. Inoculation is another method of preventing persuasion. Prevention to a disease might be seen in a vaccine shot that one takes, like the flu shot, so that they do not get the flu. The method of inoculation then is to give someone a dose of a thing they do not like by telling them something likable about
