In grammar 1.dr.simons is an authority
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An essay on "authority" must begin with definitions. In this areacommunication is unlikely unless terras are clarified* Without* therefore, disputing the right of anyone else to use words as he pleases, I should like to state what I shall mean by authority in the remainder
of this essay.
If we use the tern "influence" to denote any change in behavior
induced in one person by one or more others, then authority is one of
the forms of influence, the other (persuasion) being change induced by
information and conviction. In any concrete instance, authority is
unlikely to be observed in pure form, but, instead, is usually liberally
admixed with persuasion* The significant empirical observation is that
choice of a course of action does not always or entirely involve
evaluation of the "merits" of that course of action; and to the extent
that influence processes other than persuasion are present, we refer
to these as "authority,
of this essay.
If we use the tern "influence" to denote any change in behavior
induced in one person by one or more others, then authority is one of
the forms of influence, the other (persuasion) being change induced by
information and conviction. In any concrete instance, authority is
unlikely to be observed in pure form, but, instead, is usually liberally
admixed with persuasion* The significant empirical observation is that
choice of a course of action does not always or entirely involve
evaluation of the "merits" of that course of action; and to the extent
that influence processes other than persuasion are present, we refer
to these as "authority,
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