{"id":26224,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/persuasion-and-influence"},"modified":"2017-08-12T06:58:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T06:58:51","slug":"persuasion-and-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/persuasion-and-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"Persuasion and Influence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cialdini (2001) provides many compelling insights into how choices are influenced. Even though marketers are barred from outright deception, you can still find examples of information or promotions designed to lead customers in a direction that may not be in their&nbsp;rational&nbsp;best interest.<\/p>\n<p>Some theorists suggest that&nbsp;rationality&nbsp;only plays a part in one\u2019s decision toolkit. Outside influences (one such example is authority figures hawking goods or services) bear upon the choices you make. It is a susceptibility to these outside pressures and social constructs that may lead you, as a decision maker, away from well-reasoned optimization. The ability to manipulate an individual along these lines leads to the use of&nbsp;nonrational&nbsp;techniques, which are recognizable in the marketing efforts that can inundate your life.<\/p>\n<p>Review the article \u201cHarnessing the Science of Persuasion\u201d by R. B. Cialdini (2001) from this module\u2019s assigned readings.<\/p>\n<p>Consider Cialdini\u2019s insights on&nbsp;nonrational&nbsp;techniques.<\/p>\n<p>To access the following article follow the steps listed below:<\/p>\n<p><b>Cialdini, R. B. (2001). Harnessing the science of persuasion.&nbsp;Harvard Business Review,&nbsp;79(9), 72\u201379.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Respond to the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider the last two major purchases you made, and list the techniques that may have swayed your choices. Why do you think these techniques impacted your decision?<\/li>\n<li>What would you do in the future to avoid these psychological pitfalls?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By&nbsp;<b>Saturday, March 18, 2017<\/b>, post your response<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>Write your initial response in 300\u2013500 words.<\/p>\n<p>Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure your writing\n<ul>\n<li>is clear, concise, and organized;<\/li>\n<li>demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and<\/li>\n<li>displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cialdini (2001) provides many compelling insights into how choices are influenced. Even though marketers are barred from outright deception, you can still find examples of information or promotions designed to lead customers in a direction that may not be in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/persuasion-and-influence\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}