List of Methods
By appeal to reason:
- Logic
- Logical argument
- Rhetoric
- Scientific evidence (proof)
- Scientific method
By appeal to emotion:
- Advertising
- Faith
- Presentation and Imagination
- Propaganda
- Pity
- Seduction
- Tradition
Aids to persuasion:
- Body language
- Communication skill or Rhetoric
- Personality tests and conflict style inventory help devise strategy based on an individual's preferred style of interaction
- Sales techniques
Other techniques:
- Deception
- Hypnosis
- Power (sociology)
- Subliminal advertising
Coercive techniques, some of which are highly controversial and/or not scientifically proven to be effective:
- Brainwashing
- Coercive persuasion
- Mind control
- Torture
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