Everyone is born with emotions. Everyone can feel happy, sad, loved, and even fear. Although each person is born with these emotions some are more tolerant to certain emotions than others. And that can affect how people are motivated. One emotional appeal that people have tried tapping into and manipulating for centuries is the appeal to fear in order to use as the best motivational force. Fear is the best motivational force and these forces can be found in the non-fictional article “Scared Straight”, Jonathan Edwards’s sermon “sinners”, and the TV episode Scared Beyond Straight.
For years people have tried using scare tactics in order to persuade someone to believe something or change their mind about a decision they have/ or is going to
For years people have tried using scare tactics in order to persuade someone to believe something or change their mind about a decision they have/ or is going to