Conviction

Persuasion is a directed influence on a person through arguments.

The usual means of persuasion are showing, telling, and substantiating (argumentation).

As a type of psychological impact, persuasion is a direct impact and directed to consciousness.

This belief differs, for example, from suggestion, which is addressed to the subconscious.

In general, persuasion refers to mild forms of influence (in comparison with physical influence and other means of coercion), however, in the performance of different people, persuasion can sound very different. If the conviction in the performance of Dushka flows softly and sincerely, then the Silovik, convincing, more often beats and presses with arguments↑.

Watch the video “What jumped up? Convince! From the movie «Liquidation»

Beliefs influence behavior, although not directly. We can say that persuasion is an internal motivation or compulsion to act through an appeal to the mind.

Compare: motivation is an internal motivation or compulsion to act through appeal to feelings.

Not being a conviction, it is replaced and often performs the same function of suggestion, feedback, self-hypnosis.

Factors affecting the effectiveness of persuasion