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    Conformity and Group Influence & Persuasion and Culture Define: Conformity is the act/need of fitting in with a group and many factors are involved when an individual’s choose to conform to the group. A culture has certain beliefs‚ values‚ and behaviors that are acceptable for that certain culture and persuasion intersects that by looking at an individual’s culture and apply those beliefs‚ values‚ and behaviors in his/her argument to more effectively persuaded the audience. Develop: When

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    com/ethos-definition/. Fahnestock‚ Jeanne‚ and Henning‚ Martha L. (N.D.). Friendly Persuasion: Classical Rhetoric-- Now! Ethos‚ Pathos‚ and Logos. Retrieved from http://courses.durhamtech.edu/perkins/ aris.html. Using Ethos‚ Pathos‚ and Logos. (N.D.). ProfEssays.com. Retrieved from http://www.professays. com/info/ethos-pathos-logos/. Weida‚ Stacy‚ Stolley‚ Karl. (October 13‚ 2010). Using Rhetorical Strategies for Persuasion. Purdue Online Writing Lab. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

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    Save Our Whales: End Whale Hunting April 7‚ 2011 Save our Whales‚ End Whale Hunting Whales‚ often called “the Ocean’s gentle giant” are one of the biggest species/mammals that spend their entire life in the ocean. The smallest known whale is the “Minke” which‚ by adulthood is only 8.5 feet long; the largest known whale is the “Blue whale”‚ which measures 94.5 feet long. Since the ancient times‚ people have written about encounters with this mammal. Ancient Roman and Greek artists

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    What does Branch Rickey tell his associates is his primary motivation for bringing a black player into the Brooklyn Dodgers organization? Throughout the film it becomes clear that Jackie Robinson means a great deal more to Rickey than he initially suggests- please describe some of the scenes that depict this. At the end of the film‚ Branch Rickey tells Robinson he’s able to love the game of baseball again- why do you think he says this? Rickey says his main motivation for escorting a black player

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    Humor in Leadership Discourse — A Mystery of the Abominable Snowman Introduction Bennis and Nanus (1985:19) describe leadership as “the abominable snowman‚ whose footprints are everywhere but who is nowhere to be seen”‚ which indicates its complexity but also its attraction for academics and practitioners. Although humor has been considered an crucial aspect of leadership discourse‚ only in recent years there appeared empirical investigations regarding this topic and the number of related

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    Anthony Professor’s Name Course Date Massachusetts Question 2: Opposition to the Death and Dying Initiative With the election just around the corner‚ many ballot questions throughout the United States are extremely controversial and one of these issues is evident in the state of Massachusetts. On November 6th‚ 2012‚ the citizens of Massachusetts will be asked to vote on the “Death with Dignity” initiative‚ also known as‚ “Question 2” which will

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    Ciara Watson The Three Modes of Persuasion: Socrates’ Apology In speaking of effective rhetorical persuasion‚ we must appeal to our target audience in a way that will get them to accept or act upon the point of view we are trying to portray. Aristotle said that we persuade others by three means: (1) by the appeal to their reason (logos); (2) by the appeal to their emotions (pathos); and (3) by the appeal of our personality or character (ethos) (Corbett and Connors 32). When Socrates‚ an infamous

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    My Persuasion Story Back in my early twenties‚ you would find me going out to bars or night clubs either with friends or by myself. I found this enjoyable since I was bale to meet a lot of different people. A few of my best friends would ask me‚ what club are you going to?. Maybe we will join you!. Low and behold no one would ever join me as they always said‚ you can’t meet anyone at those places‚ those places are nothing more than meat markets!. I would explain to them that‚ you need to go to this

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    The effectiveness of advertising: a literature review Elisabetta Corvi Associate Professor of Economics and Business Management University of Brescia corvi@eco.unibs.it Michelle Bonera (corresponding author) Assistant Professor of Economics and Business Management University of Brescia +39 333 2341484 mbonera@eco.unibs.it Abstract The aim of the paper is to propose a simple approach to monitor and control the encoding phase‚ too often neglected by the doctrine and operators

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    Transforming the moment: Humor and laughter in palliative care Publication info: The University of Manitoba (Canada)‚ ProQuest‚ UMI Dissertations Publishing‚ 2003. NQ90475. ProQuest document link Abstract: The purpose of the research was to develop an extensive description of when and how humor and laughter are present in palliative care; to determine what functions are served by humor and laughter; and to identify circumstances where humor and laughter may be observed or experienced by patients

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