Power Of Persuasion Analysis

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Brain Games season two episode five the power of persuasion, show’s how a lot of us are getting persuaded every day without even noticing it, as stated in this episode the human brain is constantly getting influenced to do things all the time, this episode it will elaborate how we are getting allured every day and how the decision we make is not necessarily ours, they are part of marketing’s plans. Marketing plays a huge factor of the manipulation every day, by using big words, different style of font or even the color of the signs. One of the power of persuasion is called “Priming; meaning subtle ques that are influencing your responses often without noticing it. It’s a way of bypassing your brain conscious decisions making it process to work …show more content…

That example that was given to us was in a mall setting a local comedian Jay Peter was dressed in a suit and tie along with a camera man shooting footage to make the skit look more realistic. He and the camera man walked around approaching random people at the mall giving them nonrealistic facts, they seemed to believe what he was saying just by the way he was dressed. Another study showed that 70% of the time we can pick a candidate based on their looks, facial structure has a big contribution to our …show more content…

For example how do things really work? One of the examples that were used was the drawing of the school bus, how is it that kids under the age ten can get this right? A child will see the bus heading to the left because they are familiar with buses, and they can picture the bus moving, as for the adults there is a scientific term “the illusion of knowledge” The human brain is wired to provide an answer to help us feel in control, even though the answer is incorrect we still seek a answer that will make us believe that we understand what is going on. For example some college students were asked to draw a basic bike; surprisingly most of the drawings were drawn incorrect. This shows how the brain was over confident and made the impression that it understood the simple concept of drawing a bike, this proves that the brain does not know how a bicycle may function but it can fool you and make you believe that you understood the concept of a

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