Questions
1. If you are given five persuasion theories, be able to offer “persuasion examples” based on those theories. Explain how the examples fit the theories. Persuasion has a long history and also has been created into theories by many scholars.
Persuasion theories had been classified into 2 types which are psychological theories and sociological theories. Psychological theories seek to demonstrate how values, attitudes and beliefs are structured and triggered. Meanwhile, sociological theories emphasize on the collaboration of the individual to the others in situations of persuasion (Benjamin, 1997). Three theories of psychological theories will be briefly discussed. The first theory is reasoned action theory which is explicitly concerned …show more content…
If you are given a “persuasion moment” (like the homework and examples), be able to identify which persuasion theory best accounts for what happened or what might work. Also explain why you selected the theory you did (i.e., mention elements of the theory that fit the persuasion moment) As the definition of persuasion, it means the use of messages or symbols to influence the receivers. People have been persuaded all the time. It could be said that persuasion is all around. I, myself, also have been convinced or persuaded all the time by my friends, colleagues, parents or the advertisements on internet or other social media.
For example, using mobile phone, I am an IPhone user. I have been using this brand for many years because I had been told by one of my friends and advertisement that this brand is the best mobile phone ever. After that, I searched some information from the internet by myself. I found that what my friend told me and what presented on the advertisement was true and many people also used this brand. Therefore, I decided to buy the IPhone. I started using this brand since IPhone2 until the current version IPhone6s Plus. I admitted that this brand is very expensive one comparing to other …show more content…
And in 1982, Smith also explains that persuasion is a symbolic activity that its purpose is to have some effects on willing acceptance of new pattern of obvious behavior by exchanging of messages. Moreover, persuasion is defined as a successful intentional effort that manipulates another’s mental state through communication in an environment which listeners or receivers have some measure of
1. If you are given five persuasion theories, be able to offer “persuasion examples” based on those theories. Explain how the examples fit the theories. Persuasion has a long history and also has been created into theories by many scholars.
Persuasion theories had been classified into 2 types which are psychological theories and sociological theories. Psychological theories seek to demonstrate how values, attitudes and beliefs are structured and triggered. Meanwhile, sociological theories emphasize on the collaboration of the individual to the others in situations of persuasion (Benjamin, 1997). Three theories of psychological theories will be briefly discussed. The first theory is reasoned action theory which is explicitly concerned …show more content…
If you are given a “persuasion moment” (like the homework and examples), be able to identify which persuasion theory best accounts for what happened or what might work. Also explain why you selected the theory you did (i.e., mention elements of the theory that fit the persuasion moment) As the definition of persuasion, it means the use of messages or symbols to influence the receivers. People have been persuaded all the time. It could be said that persuasion is all around. I, myself, also have been convinced or persuaded all the time by my friends, colleagues, parents or the advertisements on internet or other social media.
For example, using mobile phone, I am an IPhone user. I have been using this brand for many years because I had been told by one of my friends and advertisement that this brand is the best mobile phone ever. After that, I searched some information from the internet by myself. I found that what my friend told me and what presented on the advertisement was true and many people also used this brand. Therefore, I decided to buy the IPhone. I started using this brand since IPhone2 until the current version IPhone6s Plus. I admitted that this brand is very expensive one comparing to other …show more content…
And in 1982, Smith also explains that persuasion is a symbolic activity that its purpose is to have some effects on willing acceptance of new pattern of obvious behavior by exchanging of messages. Moreover, persuasion is defined as a successful intentional effort that manipulates another’s mental state through communication in an environment which listeners or receivers have some measure of