What are the five strategies a speaker can use to promote the purpose of conversion? How do they differ from strategies used for other purposes?
What will be an ideal response?
- Four strategies for promoting conversion are (1) chip away at the edges of beliefs, (2) identify a pattern of anomalies, (3) employ consciousness raising, (4) seek incremental changes, and (5) use reluctant testimony.
- The answer should explore patterns of difference across strategies&-for example, it might be noted that conversion strategies draw on linking existing beliefs to new beliefs while strategies to strengthen commitment simply seek to strengthen existing beliefs.
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