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Persuasion
Persuasion
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Criminology
Undergraduate 3
04/29/2013

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Compliance gaining
Definition
referring to a person's overt change in behavior; no emotions involved
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Rewarding activity
Definition
involves seeking compliance in an active and positive way
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punishment activity
Definition
involves seeking compliace in a negative way; i.e. threats
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Expertise
Definition
involves attempts to make a person think that a persuader has special knowledge
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activation of personal commitments
Definition
relies on appeals to a person's commitment to others, pointing out that a person is indebted and should therefore return a favor
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Liking
Definition
acting friendly and helpful to a person so that he/she will comply with a request
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Debt
Definition
You owe me compliance because of past favors
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Moral Appeal
Definition
You are immoral if you do not comply
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self feeling positive
Definition
you will feel better about yourself if you comply
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self feeling negative
Definition
you will feel worse about yourself if you dont' comply
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altercasting negative
Definition
only a person with bad qualities would not comply
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altruism
Definition
I need your compliance very badly so do it for me
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esteem-positive
Definition
people you value will think better if you comply
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esteem-negative
Definition
People will think poorly of you if you dont' comply
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5 Types of Power
1. Reward power

2. cohesive power

3. expert power

4. legitimate power

5. Refrainment power

Definition

1. has control over some valued resource

2. has ability to inflict punishment

3. based on what a person knows

4. based on formal rank or position power

5. when the person they are trying to influence wants to be like them

Term
Politeness Theory
Definition

All people are motivated to maintain 2 types of face:
Positive face- when others like/respect us

Negative face- when we do not feel people respect us

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Social Desirability Bias
Definition
the tendency of respondents to answer questions in a manner that will be viewed favorably by others
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identity Goals
Definition

concerned with maintaining one's moral standards and principles of living

 

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interaction goals
Definition
concerned with creating good impression and behaving in appropriate ways
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resource goals
Definition
concerned with maintaining a relationship and increasing personal rewards
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Arousal goals
Definition
concerned with maintaining levels of arousal (e.g. nervousness)
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Design logics

1. Expressive

2. Conterventional

3. rhetorical

Definition

1. believes that communication is a process by which people express what they think and feel

2. believes that communication is a game played cooperatively according to social conventions and procedures

3. believes that communication's purpose is to navigate character, attitude, selves, and situations

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distortion

 

Definition
equivocation (to alter the truth0
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omission
Definition
to leave things out
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falsification
Definition
making stuff up
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information manipulation theory
Definition
argues that when we are talking to others, we assume they will cooperate providing us information that is not only truthful, but also informative
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Four Factor Models
Definition

1. Assumes that people are more aroused or anxious when telling lies

2. because people don't want to get caught when telling lies, they try to control their behavior

3. We assume people stand differently, body language, facial expressions, and pause a lot

Term
Interpersonal Deception Theory
Definition
when both people in a conversation deal with actual or perceived deception and affect the way each other communicates
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Leaking
Definition
Some behaviors "leak out" beyond liar's awareness or control
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Machiavellianism

 

Definition
not interested in interpersonal relationships; manipulates others for selfish persons and has little sense of social morality (high self-monitors)
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Lie Bias
Definition
a perception that people are being dishonest
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truth bias
Definition
a perception that others are being honest
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Probing effect
Definition
continuously "poking" someone for more information in order to point out inconsistencies in their story
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Intrinsic motivation
Definition
the drive that comes from within
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extrinsic motivation
Definition
instilled by some outside factor
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Logos
Definition
logic reasoning
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pathos
Definition
emotional appeals
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fear appeal
Definition
instilling fear within someone if they don't comply
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danger control
Definition
assuming that an appeal arouses fear in a receiver, the receiver can be expected to do something about it (preventative measures)
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Pity
Definition
you feel sorry for something or someone
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guilt
Definition
you feel responsible for something or someone
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humor appeal
Definition
trying to make people laugh to influence
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indirect effects of humor
Definition

1. Likability- helps persuader seem friendlier and reduce psychological resistance to a message

2. Distraction- tends to suppress critical thinking

3. captures attention

4. can damage credibility

Term
sex appeals
Definition

1. Requires peripheral process

2. Associations

3. Can cause backlash

Term
warmth appeal
Definition

1. Associations

2 Requires peripheral processing

3. Temporary changes, eventually wears off (short-term)

4. has to be genuine

5. Ingratiation

Term

Ingratiation

1. Other enhancement

2. Opinion conformity

3. Self presentation

Definition

1. paying compliments or engaging in flattery

2. agreeing with a target's statements, ideas, and views

3. bragging or otherwise displaying one's attributes

Term
Indexicality
Definition
the ability of images, photos, and videos, to document an event that has happened
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Syntactic Indeterminacy
Definition
Pictures cannot convey precise relationships between things
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anti ads
Definition
mock advertising itself (anti-smoking ads from MTV would be an example)
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subliminal Stimulus
Definition
processed without conscious awareness
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superliminal stimulus
Definition
an image that is merely fleeting but recognizable
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Subaudible messages
Definition

Example: self-help audio tapes while you fall asleep.

Placebo effect- thinking it will work makes it works

Term
Music as a form of persuasion
Definition

1. Combines central and peripheral cues

2. Advertising- music fits the brand, repeated exposure increases liking, mnemonic device

3. background music- shopping, mood changes, task performance

 

Term
Ends versus means
Definition
ethical controversy centering on whether the means/method of influence is justified by desirablity of the outcome
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consequencialism
Definition
an ethical approach empahsizing consequences or outcomes
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deontological
Definition
an ethical approach that focuses on moral imperatives rather than specific consequences
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amoralism
Definition
ethical approcahes authorizes whatever a persuader can get away with, constrained only by laws, or fear of social ostricism
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situational ethics
Definition
ethical approach maintains there are no moral absolutes
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universalism
Definition
ethical approach which maintains that there are universal, immutable "dos" and "don'ts", for everyone
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egalitarianism
Definition
approach to ethics which involves doing unto others as you would have them do unto you
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free market ethics
Definition
ethical approach based on the metaphor of "free market" or capitalism: let the buyer beware
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utilitarianism
Definition
teleological approach based on the greatest good for the greatest number of people
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virtue ethics
Definition

focuses on the character of the person as opposed to specific moral rules or moral actions

 

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conscious awareness
Definition
if a person knows he/she is a target or an influence attempt
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Free Choice/Free Will
Definition
allow participants to make free, informed decisions on whether they wish to comply with persuasive messages
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language/symbolic action
Definition
use of language (the spoken or printed word) and symbolic messages (protest marches, sit-ins, etc.)
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intentionality
Definition
persuaders should be held accountable for their motives and consequences of their message
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