People can be persuaded by the attractiveness of a communicator, the number rather than the quality of arguments, and even false authorities (e. g. actors posing as doctors). these findings suggest that not all persuasion is due to ; rather, some is due to

The correct answers are 1. TRUE FACTS; 2. FALLACIES.  

People can be persuaded by the attractiveness of a communicator the number rather than the quality of arguments, and even false authorities (e.g. actors posing as doctors). These findings suggest that not all persuasion is due to TRUE FACTS; rather, some is due to FALLACIES.

Explanation:

What persuasion is? It is the ability or capability to convince someone of something through arguments; the main objective of persuasion is commonly to convince someone to change his mind about a specific theme.  To do it possible there exist some elements that we have to take into account:

1. THE MESSAGE: What does the speaker want to say?

2. THE RECEPTOR: What is the best way to make him/her change his/her mind? What kind of arguments, facts or actions will be effective in him/her?

3. THE INTENTION: For what the speaker is persuading someone else? Is he/she wanting something bigger or the final purpose is to change other’s way of thinking?

As we can see, the methods of persuasion can be changing with people because all of us have a different way of thinking due to our cultural and social heritage. But it exists some things that do not change at the moment of persuading someone:

Now that we know all these things about persuading, we can proceed to answer our exercise:

The correct answers are 1. TRUE FACTS; 2. FALLACIES.  

People can be persuaded by the attractiveness of a communicator the number rather than the quality of arguments, and even false authorities (e.g. actors posing as doctors). These findings suggest that not all persuasion is due to TRUE FACTS; rather, some is due to FALLACIES.

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