Lackawanna COM125 Module 7 Discussion (dq1+dq2) Latest 2022 February

COM125 Effective Speaking

Module 7 Discussion

DQ1 Inductive, Deductive, Causal, and Analogical reasoning

The text talks about the four kinds of reasoning:

Inductive (a specific example, or a set of repetitive occurrences lead to a rule or a general principle)

Deductive (a rule or general principle leads to a specific conclusion)

Causal (simple cause-to-effect reasoning)

Analogy (comparing things that may or may not be similar, but have some things in common)

You’re going to explain to us how two or more of these forms of reasoning would be used in your major, your chosen profession. Your major, not the job you have now, unless it’s in your major. If you don’t have a major, just think of something you like to do that requires reasoning!

An example would be the one I used for the “Audience analysis” discussion question a couple of weeks ago. Say I’m heading into a gig at some club on the outskirts of town. I know nothing about this place, and am curious as to what kind of music they’ll like. I look in the parking lot. It’s all F250 trucks and a couple of late model mustangs and motorcycles. Once inside they all have cowboy boots on. I have used inductive reasoning to figure out that they don’t want to hear Cole Porter, or even Ariana Grande.

Similarly, if I’m working on a console at a radio station, and we seem to be off the air, I think about the last time we seemed to be off the air. Oh, once again I have forgotten to push the “on” button for the commercial! Analogical reasoning, comparing a known thing to an unknown thing.

The previous example could also represent cause and effect, but the reasoning that led to my conclusion was in fact analogical since I was thinking back to a similar time.

You nursing/PA types will understand this causal reasoning: My doctor says my blood pressure is high and my cholesterol is really high. She thinks it wouldn’t hurt to diet and exercise and lose some weight. The reasoning is not so much that losing weight will drop the numbers in the future; it’s because in the past I eating whatever I want + no exercise=high numbers.

The CJ majors will understand the benefits of deductive reasoning. If you can make logical arguments and come up with sound conclusions based on given data as well as identifying flaws in a given piece of information, you’re doing it right.

So now YOU think of examples that pertain to your own major.

DQ2 Monroe’s Motivated Sequence wow

Monroe’s Motivated Sequence is a great way to present a persuasive speech. There are five steps:

Attention

Need (create a need)

Satisfaction (satisfy the need)

Visualization (visualize the great results, or the result of not doing what you say)

Call to action (what you are getting them to do)

You’re going to commercial-surf again. Find me a commercial (or an infomercial, which might be an easier assignment because most infomercials have a basic pattern) and explain how each step of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence is used. Be specific!

This time it’s OK go to over :30 or :60 seconds, but please don’t put some one-hour thing up there!

Here’s your example…Sham Wow!!

ShamWoW Commercial (Full Length)