AbstractsSociology

a Study of Interpersonal Persuasion.

by Hyman. Burshtyn




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
Degree: MA.
Year: 1959
Keywords: Sociology and Anthropology.;
Record ID: 1549655
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile111728.pdf


Abstract

This work presents the results of an exploratory study of interpersonal persuasion. As such, this thesis does not offer rigorous proofs for any hypotheses concerning the nature of persuasion. What it does offer is a certain amount of descriptive data on interpersonal persuasion as it occurs within a specific social relationship; a sociological orientation to persuasion which recognizes that it transpires in an interactional setting; and some tentative hypotheses consistent with this orientation. [...]