If you voted for a presidential candidate because of an endorsement by your favorite movie
star, you would be using which type of fallacious reasoning?
A. Ad hominem
B. Ad verecundiam
C. Hasty generalization
D. False dichotomy
B
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The fear of misinterpreting, inadequately processing, and/or not being able to adjust psychologically to messages sent by others is called listener apprehension
A. True B. False
Which of the following can be considered a master identity?
a. Boss b. Biological sex c. Professor d. Happy
According to the text, the research of Brandon Centerwall was an important piece of the
puzzle in the study of media violence because it showed:
a. a relationship between media violence and aggressive behavior in the world outside the laboratory. b. a causal relationship between exposure to media violence and aggressive behavior in the laboratory. c. evidence for symbolic catharsis theory. d. evidence for the theory of excitation transfer. e. that the suicide rate increased in the United States, Canada, and South Africa after TV was introduced to those countries.
Speeches that focus on impacting an audience's values typically focus on those things that people feel are right and good or wrong and bad
Indicate whether the statement is true or false