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Define the differences between motivation and persuasion and describe a time where
you tried to do both. Remember to cite your sources for your definitions. If you cannot
think of examples, try to think of a time when you were motivated and/or persuaded to
do something. What was the outcome?

In addition to this task, please include a vocabulary list of unfamiliar words from the
required readings and provide definitions. Remember to cite the sources of these
definitions. 

Vuong Dang

Gustavo Zavala 

BUS 1105-01 - AY2023-T1

10/12/2022

                                                                         Learning Journal 6     

The motivation of an individual is the factor that most directly influences their behavior.
A person's drive or enthusiasm for a particular activity is referred to as their motivation
for that activity. The act of one person convincing another to engage in a particular
behavior is referred to as persuasion. Persuasion is the act of convincing other people to
participate in an activity through discussion. Persuasion and motivation are both
methods that can be used to get someone to do something; the main difference
between the two is that motivation is something that comes from within, whereas
persuasion is when someone else tries to convince you to do something that they think
you ought to be doing. 

My ability to inspire and motivate myself is something that has always come easily to
me. I am especially driven to be successful in my studies and in obtaining a degree, both
of which are important to me in the future. I am constantly motivated to learn new skills
and make improvements to myself. I also enjoy making improvements. Because I believe
that studying helps to keep one's mind sharp and because studying is something that I
enjoy doing, I am motivated to continue my education by the motivation that I have for
acquiring new knowledge. 
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The ability to persuade others is one that I do not make extensive use of, but it is one
that I have demonstrated success with in the past. The fact that I was able to convince
my husband to participate in a bingo game is an example of the power of persuasion.
He was under the impression that we were going to be playing bingo with ululation, but
in reality, we were celebrating his 40th birthday with a party and cake. My only chance
of winning him over was to make him a promise that as part of the excursion, we would
go snowmobiling and smelting (which I hate to do). I gambled with him that if he would
come with me to a bingo game, I would go fishing with him, despite the fact that he is
aware of my distaste for the activity. I was ultimately successful in appeasing him
enough to convince him to go, and now I'm crossing my fingers that he won't blame me
for the fishing part of the arrangement we made. 

a list of one or more unfamiliar words from one's vocabulary 

1) Casuistry, the art of resolving ethical conundrums through the judicious application of
established principles and guidelines 

2)ululation. 

The sound of a ululating female can be described as wailing or wailing. Sometimes,

rather than being an expression of melancholy, ululating can be taken as a sign of joy or
happiness. It has been used as a synonym for "wailing" since the 16th century, and its
roots may be traced back to the Latin word ululation, which also means "wailing" in the
exact context as its English counterpart. 

3) propotiate

If you make amends and do something that will bring them pleasure, you will be able to
win or regain their favor (a god, ghost, or other people).

REFERENCE

Albarracín, D., Sunderrajan, A., Lohmann, S., Chan, M. P. S., & Jiang, D. (2018). The
psychology of attitudes, motivation, and persuasion. In The handbook of attitudes (pp. 3-
44). Routledge.
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Albarracín, D., Sunderrajan, A., Lohmann, S., Chan, M. P. S., & Jiang, D. (2018). The
psychology of attitudes, motivation, and persuasion. In The handbook of attitudes (pp. 3-
44). Routledge.

Fergusson, R. (2006). Collins rhyming dictionary. HarperCollins Publ..

Orji, R., Mandryk, R. L., Vassileva, J., & Gerling, K. M. (2013, April). Tailoring persuasive
health games to gamer type. In Proceedings of the sigchi conference on human factors in
computing systems (pp. 2467-2476).