As emotional people dealing with and emotional conflict, the “stop” aspect of the S-TLC system have routinely proved useful to Steve and Angela . After a full weeks of negotiation Angela reached her boiling point when Steve put his foot down and said, “No cats, period”. As the eyes welled up with tears, she wanted to lash-out at Steve. Angela found Steve’s statement of inflexibility both infuriating and heartbreaking. Thankfully, rather than acting out on her rising emotions, she stopped, and took a break. During the stop, Angela went to the local animal shelter to some thinking about her …show more content…
To summarize the individuals components one could convey that, persuasion is the “process in which communicators try to convince other people to change their attitudes or behavior regarding an issue through the transmission of a message, in an atmosphere of free choice” (Perloff, pg. 1). In short, persuasion is practice in which the communicator attempts to evoke a specific chosen response from the receiver (Petty & Cacioppo, 1981). Furthermore, communication scholars note persuasion as a symbolic process, meaning rather than viewing persuasion as one concept, it involves numerous steps and often takes time (Petty & Cacioppo, 1981). By encompassing three differing traits Aristotle’s Proofs are one such example of how persuasion is