À propos de ce cours : This course will provide learners with a systematic general framework for analyzing persuasive influence situations. Learners will be able to identify different challenges faced by persuaders and to fashion appropriate strategies for addressing those challenges. The broad goal is to provide learners with not only an extensive persuasion tool kit, but also with an understanding of how different tools are useful in different situations. Specifically, the course will address four broad topics: strategies for influencing people’s personal attitudes; strategies for affecting social factors influencing behavior; strategies for affecting people’s perceived ability to undertake the desired behavior; and strategies for inducing people to act on their existing intentions.
Créé par : Northwestern University
Enseigné par : Daniel J. O’Keefe, Owen L. Coon Professor
Department of Communication Studies, School of Communication
| Informations de base | Cours 3 de 6 dans Organizational Leadership Specialization |
| Engagement | 4 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week |
| Langue | English |
| Comment réussir | Réussissez tous les devoirs notés pour terminer le cours. |
| Notes des utilisateurs |
Programme de cours
SEMAINE 1
Influencing Attitudes
This module discusses the first of four challenges that persuaders often face: getting people to think that what you’re proposing is a good idea. Sometimes, the reason people aren’t already doing what you want is that they’re not yet convinced that they should—that is, they don’t have sufficiently positive attitudes. This module discusses some fundamental strategies for changing people’s attitudes.
8 vidéos, 3 lectures
- Reading: Meet your Professor
- Reading: Course Grading and Logistics
- Reading: References and Optional Readings
- Vidéo: Compliance, Persuasion, and Message Adaptation
- Vidéo: Four Persuasion Challenges
- Vidéo: Influencing Attitudes: Module Introduction
- Vidéo: Consequence-Based Arguments
- Vidéo: Consequence Desirability
- Vidéo: Consequence Likelihood
- Vidéo: Addressing Counterarguments
Noté: Influencing Attitudes
SEMAINE 2
Influencing Social Factors
Even if people have positive attitudes about what you’re proposing, social factors—what they think other people do or want them to do—might lead them to not do what you want. This module discusses several ways in which such social considerations might pose a challenge for persuaders—and discusses how to successfully influence such factors.
4 vidéos
- Vidéo: Changing Descriptive Norms
- Vidéo: De-emphasizing Prescriptive Norms
- Vidéo: Changing Prescriptive Norms
Noté: Influencing Social Factors
SEMAINE 3
Influencing Perceived Ability
People can have positive attitudes about your advocated action, and all the social considerations can be lined up positively, but still people might not engage in the desired behavior—because they don’t think they can perform the action. That is, they think the behavior is too difficult, too hard to do, they lack the ability. This module discusses strategies for addressing that challenge—strategies for influencing perceived behavioral ability.
4 vidéos
- Vidéo: The Importance of Perceived Ability
- Vidéo: Removing Obstacles
- Vidéo: Rehearsal and Modeling
Noté: Influencing Perceived Ability
SEMAINE 4
Converting Intentions into Action
Even when people already have the desired positive attitudes, positive social factors, and high perceived ability to perform the behavior—that is, even when they intend to engage in the behavior you want—even then they might fail to do so. When people have the intentions you want but aren’t acting on them, then the challenge is to get people to convert those intentions into actions. This module discusses several strategies that can encourage people to do that.
6 vidéos
- Vidéo: Prompts
- Vidéo: Explicit Planning
- Vidéo: Inducing Guilt
- Vidéo: Course Summary: Adapting to the Challenge at Hand
- Vidéo: Conclusion of Course 3 with Dean Blount
Noté: Converting Intentions into Action
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A very inspiring course, not only providing a great toolbox for leaders, but also people who try to communicate and convince others.
Very interesting, straightforward and useful. I really enjoyed the learning which I will surely apply immediately on my professional activities.
Good insight but content was a bit short.
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I found Professor O’Keefe's insights and his storytelling to be highly engaging. His videos helped me see new ways I can help my colleagues seize new opportunities to help our team. Thank you.