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How we change what others think, feel, believe and do
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How we change what others think, feel, believe and do |
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Control Answering of Questions
Techniques > Conversation techniques > Steering the conversation > Control Answering of Questions Description | Example | Discussion | See also
DescriptionWhen others ask you something, do not feel obliged to answer the question. You can, for example:
If they repeat the question, you can choose whether to answer this time, repeat your tactic (e.g. as a broken record) or use another method for resisting persuasion. ExampleWhen will you be ready? When will you be ready? When will you be ready? DiscussionWhen a person asks a question, normal social rules say that the questioned person must answer the question. However there are no strong rules for what happens when the question is not answered. Thus, if you do not answer the question the other person becomes confused and you are now in control of the conversation. Politicians being interviewed famously do not answer the question being asked, either twisting the question to answer in the way they want or completely ignoring the question. TV and radio interviews thus become a game of question and avoidance between the interviewer and the questioner. See alsoResisting persuasion, Questioning techniques
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