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Persuasion is a form of influence. It is the process of guiding people toward the adoption of an idea, attitude, or action by rational and symbolic (though not always logical) means. It is strategy of problem-solving relying on "appeals" rather than force.

Manipulation is taking persuasion to an extreme, where the one party benefits at the other's cost.

Aristotle said that "Rhetoric is the art of discovering, in a particular case, the available means of persuasion."


PRINCIPLES OF PERSUASION

According to Robert Cialdini in his book on persuasion, he defined six "weapons of influence":

  • Liking: people like those who like them

  • Reciprocity: people repay in kind

  • Social proof: people follow the lead of similar others

  • Consistency: people align with their clear commitments

  • Authority: people defer to experts

  • Scarcity: people want more of what they can have less of




METHODS OF PERSUASION

By appeal to reason:

By appeal to emotion:

Aids to persuasion:

Other techniques, which may or may not work:

Coercive techniques, some of which are highly controversial and/or not scientifically proven to be effective:

Systems of persuasion for the purpose of seduction:


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