Persuasion Article Reviews Samples For Students

Chapter 16 Notes and Reflection

Introduction
Chapter 16 of Public Speaking for College and Career is about the art of persuasion, specifically persuasive speeches. Some of the concepts that are explicitly explored in this chapter include persuasive speaking goals, the different types of persuasive speeches and the organization patterns of persuasive speeches.
In simple terms, persuasion means influencing, changing or reinforcing the thoughts, views, beliefs or opinions of people. There are three main goals of persuasive speaking. These are winning over the audience so that they assume your intended view or take an action; knowing and understanding the subject of discussion thoroughly; ...

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Milgram’s study of obedience was an experiment set to investigate the effect of authority on obedience using the background of German soldier who committed horrific deeds during the Holocaust, whereby he concluded that people practiced obedience out of desire to appear cooperative or out of fear. This study was an example of the power of persuasion since it involved the investigation of what influenced people to do something (obey) in relation to those in power. Coercion and persuasion overlapped but the experiment involved more of persuasion since he did not threaten the autonomy of the subjects ...

Jennifer’s situation is one that is faced by many people every day, in a wide variety of scenarios. Persuasion is a symbolic process that the communicators employ in order to try to change others attitudes or behaviours regarding an issue in an environment of free choice. The art of persuasion is a process that involves the interaction between the advertiser and the individual. The process of persuasion involves the employment of symbols laid out in a careful arrangement with a dedicated course in mind.
Persuasion cannot force a person to do something that they don’t want to do. This is an indication ...

Is Subliminal Persuasion a Myth?

Subliminal persuasion is technique that is used to make an individual acknowledge something without the need of making an outward suggestion, or without making the individual realize the attempt to influence him or her. So is subliminal persuasion a myth? Yes it is, according to Simons & Jones (2011) who observes that many social psychologists conclude that subliminal persuasion is a myth. Various studies demonstrate that subliminal tapes have no therapeutic value. The study that supposedly gave birth to subliminal persuasion was the Vicary Study, but this study has never been described in professional literature, and it has not been replicated successfully. ...

Article 1: Boyer, Pascal. Human instincts that fashion God. 2001. Retrieved from, http://www.nous.org.uk/Boyer.html.
Inference concerns a logical conclusion based on evidence. One arrives at inference after consideration of the face value of the evidence. This clearly indicates that inference is not the result of systematic analysis nor is it the result of testing of evidence. Therefore, in order to note an inference one should achieve a conclusion based on evidence obtained concerning the aspect under concern.
- Ad populum “Faith is not always necessary
- Ad Ignorantium “Human mind may have evolved to experience the world in domain-specific ...

In the YouTube video on the Science of Persuasion, six short-cuts to decision-making are described. The six short-cuts are 1) reciprocity, 2) scarcity, 3) authority, 4) consistency, 5) liking, and 6) consensus. I have selected scarcity and consensus as the two short-cut methods of persuasion to discuss in further detail. Scarcity and consensus are a powerful factors in how influential they are in the selling process.
Scarcity, which creates a type of desperation in the need to acquire “said material” makes the product being sold extra desirable. People are afraid to miss out on an opportunity to own or ...

In 399 BC, one of the greatest ancient thinkers, Socrates, faced the trial upon the accusations of his corrupting influence on the Athenian youth, rejection of gods recognized by the Athenian state and invention of new gods. In the course of the trial, the philosopher was given an opportunity to defend himself, and his speech interpreted by Plato under the title Apology has survived until nowadays as a prominent example of rhetoric and argumentation. Socrates moves from explanations of his actions to critique of the values and misconceptions of his accusers (particularly, Meletus). Although one would expect a person ...

Part A:

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2. The website www.democrats.org is about one of the two national parties of the United States, the Democrats. The website is ...

In any conflict, argument or even debate it is standard practice to call for rational thinking and presentation of points. Irrationality is perceived as a negative attribute in a good negotiator. However, Robert Benjamin in his paper series, “Irrationality of Being Rational” argues that human beings are inherently irrational perhaps because of evolution, and therefore the expectation rationality is actually irrational. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and analyze the articles by Robert Benjamin where he explains his concept of the irrationality of being too rational.
It is common knowledge that human beings are never truly rational ...

Introduction:

The article talks about how the different ethical perspectives in the most modern world have lead to different answers to many problems. It seems that everything can be justified using the modern ethical theories as promulgated by John Stuart Mills and Immanuel Kant. It is the approach, or the perspective of looking at the things that leads to a different answer every time. In other words, there is no definitive answer to the ethical dilemmas. For example, the author of the article cites the example of closure of General Motors plan in the United States of America. He states that ...

Psychology

In the advertisement of Cadbury Bournville, the main product is a dark chocolate. Thus, this advertisement is a perfect advertisement that is based on a creation of needs. This dark chocolate is made by Cadbury and is quite popular in the UK. This advertisement is intended to market a chocolate among the consumers. The advertisement appeal the viewers at a physiological level and this can be concluded by the act of the main protagonist of the advertisement who choose to throw a cocoa bean in spite of showing that he/she is crying for not been chosen to be a part of the dark chocolate. Here comparison ...