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Persuasion and Influence
Com 340
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Communication
Undergraduate 4
10/05/2009

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Reliability
Definition
consistancy in measuring
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validity
Definition
how much you measured what you were attempting to measure
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INFLUENCE
Definition
SENDER creates, CHANGES, or reinforces the ATTITUDE of one or more people

--- has to do with pursuasion and attitude change
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PERSUASION
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source transmits a message in order to change the ATTITUDE of their audience.
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attitude
Definition
belief value opinion
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Persuasion Effect
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the effect of one variable on persuasive outcomes
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Source Effects
Definition
perceived credibility of source (expertise, trustworthiness, delivery, evidence, position advocated) --------------------------------------- MODERATORS include involvement and timing
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Source Credibility
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expertise - experience/education/occupation _________________________________________ trustworthy - honest and open minded _________________________________________delivery - speaking rate, comm eficacy _________________________________________evidence - relevent facts/opinions used to support persuaders claims _________________________________________position advocated - communicators who argue points that SEEM TO BE opposite of their own self interest receive more trust
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MESSAGE EFFECTS
Definition
fear appeals, protection motivation theory, extended parallel process model, moderators (vulnerability, specificity of recommendations, positioning of recommendations, argument quality, self esteem)
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FEAR APPEALS
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giving a message that is "fearful" in order to persuade another party to change attitudes towards something (ex: smoking - "smoking will kill you") __________________________________________________________________________________ must also explain how to protect yourself from whatever you fear in order to be effective ("get the patch and you will live") _________________________________________ the idea is to raise fear, which raises arousal, which leads to greater persuasion abilities.
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PROTECTION MOTIVATION THEORY
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explains why fear appeals work _________________________________________ step one: take in threat and appraise it (THREAT APPRAISAL): The more sever the threat, the more vulnerable you feel! _________________________________________ step two: coping appraisal - how will you deal with the threat?: response efficacy (will the recommended idea solve the threat problem?) and self efficacy (are you able to carry out the recommendation?) _________________________________________ an increase in response and self efficacy will lead to an increase in PROTECTION MOTIVATION: your will to go through the steps to differ the threat and decrease vulnerability.
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EXTENDED PARALLEL PROCESS MODEL
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THREAT lead to: step one: THREAT APPRAISAL (assuming high severity): leads to: step 2: COPING APPRAISAL (if ability to cope is: low - fear control, high - danger control)

FEAR CONTROL only try to decrease fear (hit a bowl)
DANGER CONTROL: decrease danger (study)
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SOURCE EFFECTS
Definition
liking, similarity, physical attractiveness,
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LIKING
Definition
increase liking leads to increase influence _________________________________________ credibility outweighs liking, topic relevance increases lead to decrease in effectiveness, disliking can also be effective in persuasion
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SIMILARITY
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perceived ATTITUDINAL similarities can increase effectiveness of arguments _________________________________________ increases in similarities also increase extertise/credibility adn trust perception.
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PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS
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more attract. leads to increased effectiveness due to an increase in liking. _________________________________________ credibility expertise and relevance are more effective _________________________________________ trustworthiness POSITIVELY effected by attract. _________________________________________ HALO EFFECT
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MESSAGE EFFECTS II
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EVIDENCE (testimonial and factual), sidedness (hovland and allens), stealing thunder.
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EVIDENCE
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Factual statements from seperate speakers supporting the senders claims. _________________________________________ more evidence, the better _________________________________________ testimonial: OPINIONS from outside experts, factual: accounts that can be supported by proof (eyewitness accounts) _________________________________________ increased familiarity on topic decreases amount you are persuaded _________________________________________ increased relevance to you, increases the amount you are effected.
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SIDEDNESS
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explaining two sides is = to explaining one side of an argument for uneducated people _________________________________________ Allens explains that if you ALSO use refutations (explain which side is CORRECT), then persuasion is increased.
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stealing thunder
Definition
bring up negative info about yourself before anyone else can _________________________________________ this makes you look better and the result is less than if someone else brings up the info about you...... its like turning yourself in, it will get you a lesser sentence when convicted.
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COMPLIANCE
Definition
FITD, DITF, Low Ball, Thats not all, Pregiving, Legit paltry favors "even a penny will help", Dump and Chase
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RECEIVER EFFECTS
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mere exposure/thought, involvement, individual differneces
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MERE EXPOSURE
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increases favorability to "it" _________________________________________ as you are more exposed to anything, you tend to like that "thing" more and more, up to a certain point, then liking begins to plateau. works best w/ new things because you've already created opinions on things you already know about. _________________________________________ MERE THOUGHT is same thing, except with thought (instead of exposure).
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INVOLVEMENT (receiver effect)
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how much do you care about the subject??? outcome relevance (will the outcome of whatever happens effect you personally?) ... ... value relevance: will the outcome effect your personal VALUES and BELIEFS?
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Individual receiver effects
Definition
women are more persuaded b/c they seem to be more INVOLVED in everything.
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Personality (receiver effects)
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self esteem decrease leads to an increase in persuadability .... .... .... .... .... DOGMATISM (close minded) - more persuaded by the person, not the persons message.
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