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Persuasion Articles of the Week
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Identity on the Baseball Field
Identity is a major influencer in our lives. People identify with their in-group and exclude the out-group.
You’ve probably heard of Jane Elliott’s experiment with school children. In the 1960s, she instructed her students to treat other kids differently based on their eye color. The moment the in-groups and out-groups was defined, the kids treated their friends completely different.
Sport teams define identity for many people. (more…)
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Persuasion Articles of the Week
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Persuasion Articles of the Week
We must submit our advertisements to the court of public opinion. “Engineering Department employees, 1962, Item 74240” by Seattle Municipal Archives, Flickr, CC-By-2.0 -
Persuasion Articles of the Week
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Persuasion Articles of the Week
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Persuasion Articles of the Week
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Trump for Liberals Like Me
I see a lot of my friends and family scared with Trump in the Oval Office. Within a year, he went from a clown that many dismissed to the President of the United States. Among my friends, I see suffering and confusion. I hear their stories of protest and anger, fear and sadness.
Photo “women’s-march-nyc-5” by Sarah WY, Flickr CC-By-2.0 I have a different view now that we’ve been learning about Persuasion. And I want to help. -
Persuasion Articles of the Week
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