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    What is cognitive dissonance and the art of persuasion‚ where attitudes‚ emotions‚ and ethics play a factor in persuading an employee as to the characteristics of theoretical work situations. So‚ what is intellectual disagreement‚ the state of having unpredictable thoughts‚ theories‚ or arrogances‚ especially as relating to social choices and defiance change. Cognitive dissonance causes an ill feeling of uncertainty which in turns leads to unexpected modifications to one or more of the following:

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    Art of Persuasion

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    In ancient times‚ different cultures used art as a form of power. Sculptures‚ symbols‚ etc. were leaders to send their desired message to citizens. These images would reflect either aspects of the leader or even reassure/remind citizens of past or future events taking place in their history. Here we will review examples of how different leaders used art. One reason for using art was to show off status. In 2002‚ the grave of the Amesbury Archer was discovered. This grave was much older than a Roman

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    Chapter 11 Questions 1. What are interaction scenes? Explain how the scene can differ from one culture to another. Interaction scenes are made up of the recurring‚ repetitive topics that people talk about in social conversations. There are important differences in the ways the conversations of people from other cultures are organized and sequenced‚ including the types of topics discussed and the amount of time given to each one. Example #1 (Type of Topic) : in Hong Kong conversations among

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    commentaries and criticisms‚ and touch on such controversial topics such as: the social hierarchy‚ social mobility‚ gender constructs/constraints‚ etc. Of her novels‚ Austen’s Persuasion is (arguably) the most blatant example of criticism for the aristocracy/social stratification. Set during the Napoleonic War‚ Persuasion portrays the tensions of a society in transition as a new class rises to social power: the returning troops. During their service members of the military were given the chance to

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    ana Chacon Professor Kay Decasper ENC 1101_48 18 April 2016 Persuasion Jane Austen’s Persuasion showed the way society worked in the 1800’s. Women of high society were to marry men of the same social status in those times. The personalities of the families of the elite were either snobby‚ dramatic‚ or in some cases generous at times. The upper-class families seemed to have it easier than people of less fortunate homes. Jane Austen takes us back in time to an era of manners and how people

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    Benefits of Humor in Persuasion Humor has many benefits for communication and persuasion. Communication through humor is an important way to make stories more memorable‚ characters more compelling‚ and causes more accessible. Understanding and appreciating humor is a unique part of being human‚ and making people smile and laugh is a learnable skill. To truly understand the nature of humor empowers the individual to communicate strategically – to create messages that are “stickier‚” or more memorable

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    According to the Elaboration likelihood model‚ there are two routes to persuasion. The central route‚ which is‚ thoughtfully considering the arguments‚ presented. An audience has to be listening and able to understand the argument given. The central route is often more likely to lead to a lasting persuasion‚ if the audience thinks initially thinks favorably of the argument. While the peripheral route to persuasion is when the audience decides to agree with the argument due to factors outside of it

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    Jane Austen’s book Persuasion is a classical literature. At the time it was published in 1816‚ Persuasion was a well known and loved novel in England. Throughout the book Jane Austen shows a theme of women inequality. This happened back then and still occurs even today. In her book‚ Austen shows how women were treated by men. Women “found themselves in positions of almost total dependency on their husbands” according to Marylynn Salmon from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Women

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    principles to appeal to people’s emotions and have the power to persuade their thoughts. Later on in the paper I will describe and analysis a persuasion event that used the one or more of the six fundamentals of persuasion with the results of the after effect in their sales. On Cialdini’s research the basic views of persuasion is a psychology behind persuasion and it has to do with connecting to people

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    Multiple forms of persuasion happen everyday‚ even if they are not noticed right away by all of us. Persuasion can have several different affects on all of us‚ positive and negative‚ mentally and physically. One form of persuasion (that is usually negative) is bandwagon. I once experienced bandwagon and it had a ripple effect on my life of negative consequences. One gloomy Friday night my friends and I were at a football game. They suggested since it was somewhat cold that we leave early and

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