Will More Arguments Make You More Persuasive? It Depends

Psychology Today | 05.09.2026 06:07
You are trying to convince someone — your friend, a client, your spouse — to take some action or change their belief, and you have lots of supporting arguments to make. Should you simply pile on all of the arguments in favor of your position? Or, would the other person think that you were “trying too hard” and be turned off by all of your arguments?