Regulatory compliance

It’s no longer a secret that we do not have the full control over our personal decision-making process. Even though we often say the last word about situations that directly influences our circumstances, it would be inaccurate to claim that other agents’ opinions and persuasion techniques do have any impact on our actions. In fact, we are constantly being persuaded into tasting meals that otherwise would not be on our plate by corporate companies, politicians, and even our own family members and…

In the aftermath of the enlightenment, which led to a revolutionary use of human reasoning over God’s will, the colonial religious society was in desperation for a revival to restore dependence towards God. Among the revivalists came Jonathan Edwards, a puritan reverend, speaking a sermon to a Christian congregation in Connecticut with the purpose of turning people back to God and persuading them to repent, through fear of what would occur if they chose the otherwise. Edwards effectively…

In the play Richard the third by William Shakespeare a war has just finished, and two houses are entering a time of peace with one, and other. Yet Richard is strongly opposed to these times of peace that the end of the war has brought about due to his deformed physical nature, and his psychopathic tendencies Richard despises this time of peace, and he is determined to ruin it for everyone. Richard is quite brilliant with his manipulation of people without letting on the slightest clue as to what…

Self-imprisonment often takes the form of isolation, and therefore requires some form of action to escape from. The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor and Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett express the effects of isolating oneself through their respective main characters. William Trevor delves into the traumatized aftermath of a young girl who ran away, which caused her parents to believe she was dead. They subsequently abandoned their home and, thus, their only child who refuses to leave…

When somebody gains power in society, they often use it for either good or evil. Leaders of today’s world, artists, and even literary characters who wield enormous power have used it for either constructive or destructive purposes. Constructive power is when a person benefits a society (promoting a cause, helping people in need, bringing attention to an issue, etc.) Destructive power is when a person either does harm to a society out of hatred or just to benefit themselves (committing genocide,…

The film Margin Call by J.C. Chandor has a lot of different themes running throughout that makes one question their own career path. Some themes would include job satisfaction, ethics, and reasons for choosing a job. The focus of this essay will be mainly on job satisfaction since that seemed to come up quite often throughout the film. The three characters from the film that will be mentioned in this essay are Eric Dale, Sam Rogers, and John Tuld as they are the center of the theme, good or bad.…

When we communicate, not only do we want other people to understand the message, but also we try to affect their beliefs or actions by using persuasion. Communication always involves at least one message, transmitted by a source, via a medium, to a receiver, within a situational context (Simons, 1976). Persuasion is a way of communication to influence other people to make them to do actions, pursue goals that they would have not otherwise. It differs from other ways to influence for three…

1.Diet and Nutrition: I rated myself as a six in regard to diet and nutrition. My short-term goal was to limit my coffee intake in a day and decrease the quantity of snacks that I eat in between meals and while studying. So far I have been able to successfully reduce the amount of coffee I drink to only three cups of coffee in a single day. Furthermore, I have been trying to eat wholesome snacks rather than unhealthy processed snacks. Which has helped decrease the amount that I eat, although…

Martel’s comprehension of his audience allows him to utilize persuasive techniques to convince the students that his book is telling the real story of what caused the war. When listing the causes of the war, Martel writes, “we must unravel the diplomatic ties that connected these events to one another” (5), which conveys his own viewpoint rather than relating to any of the views that he previously mentioned. Martel’s use of the phrase “we must,” subtly convinces the audience that they will not…

Ads are everywhere and convince people to take many different forms of action, but the odds are many people may not know the exact reason why they’re taking action. I watched The Simpsons, An animated family sitcom, and Archer, another animated show that uses excessive drugs, sex, and violence, from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on a Friday night. Due to the nature of the shows, and the network as a whole, the audience is likely young male adults. After analyzing the commercials that appeared on FXX…