Which sequence describes the steps in deep canvassing?

Which sequence describes the steps in deep canvassing?

• A. Ask for opinion 2) Ask for a personal story or experience pertaining to issue 3) Share a related story to the initial opinion 4) Reflect together and engage with their initial concerns 5) Re-engage the issue and seek their opinion
• B. Ask for opinion 2) Ask for a personal story 3) Reflect together and engage with their initial concerns 4) Share a related story to the initial opinion 5) Re-engage the issue and seek their opinion
• C. Ask for opinion 2) Share a related story to the initial opinion 3) Ask for a personal story or experience pertaining to issue 4) Reflect together and engage with their initial concerns 5) Re-engage the issue and seek their opinion
• D. Ask for opinion 2) Ask for a personal story 3) Share a related story 4) Reflect together and engage with their initial concerns 5) Re-engage the issue and seek their opinion

Answer: (A)

Deep canvassing succeeds by guiding a conversation from the person’s current view toward a more open consideration through listening, personal stories, and reflection. The sequence begins by asking for the person’s opinion on the issue, which invites participation and signals respect for their perspective. Next, you invite them to share a personal story or experience related to the issue, grounding the conversation in their own lived reality. Then you share a related story that connects to the initial opinion, offering a different but relevant example that can broaden the listener’s perspective without sounding confrontational. After that, you reflect together and engage with their initial concerns, validating what worries them and reducing defensiveness. Finally, you re-engage the issue and seek their opinion again, giving them a chance to consider the new connection between stories and concerns and possibly shift their view. This order best supports gradual attitude change because it emphasizes empathy, relevance, and validation before reintroducing the topic for reconsideration. Other sequences tend to jump into storytelling before the person has shared their own experience, skip the reflective step, or reintroduce the issue too early, which can increase resistance rather than openness.

Deep canvassing succeeds by guiding a conversation from the person’s current view toward a more open consideration through listening, personal stories, and reflection. The sequence begins by asking for the person’s opinion on the issue, which invites participation and signals respect for their perspective. Next, you invite them to share a personal story or experience related to the issue, grounding the conversation in their own lived reality. Then you share a related story that connects to the initial opinion, offering a different but relevant example that can broaden the listener’s perspective without sounding confrontational. After that, you reflect together and engage with their initial concerns, validating what worries them and reducing defensiveness. Finally, you re-engage the issue and seek their opinion again, giving them a chance to consider the new connection between stories and concerns and possibly shift their view.

This order best supports gradual attitude change because it emphasizes empathy, relevance, and validation before reintroducing the topic for reconsideration. Other sequences tend to jump into storytelling before the person has shared their own experience, skip the reflective step, or reintroduce the issue too early, which can increase resistance rather than openness.