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Your major paper is focused on persuasion theories and is due Oct. 17

Read Chapters Five and six and select only three theories.  Only choose three from the following theories:

1.      Authoritarianism and acquiescence (these are concepts and not a theory, and you can select them too.  They count as one)

2.      Theory of cognitive dissonance

3.      Theory of induced discrepant behavior

4.      Stimulus-response theory

5.      Inoculation theory

6.      Attribution theory

7.      The boomerang effect

8.      Social judgment theory

9.      Elaboration likelihood theory

10.  The motivated sequence theory

11.  Theory or motivated reasoning

In writing your paper, please follow the following questions, which you can use as subheadings for each theory:

1. Define your theory.  In your definition, mention the name of the theory, who founded it, when it was founded, and whether the theory is known by other names

2. Describe the different concepts of the theory, in other words, the components or parts which make up the theory

3. Find scenes from a movie, advertisement, political speech, organizational messages, or everyday life where this theory can be applied.

4. Explain how this theory helps us to understand persuasion better

IMPORTANT:

·       Your paper should be 11-12 pages long,  excluding the cover page and reference page You do not need to include an abstract.

·       Include 5-6 academic sources

·       Use the APA 7TH edition for formatting and citations