In the context of the elements of persuasion, a communicator is considered credible if ________.
A. he or she is able to convince people that he or she is trying to persuade them
B. he or she uses "you know" or "uh" when speaking or stumbles over his or her words
C. he or she is seen as knowledgeable on a topic
D. he or she speaks slowly and haltingly
Answer: C
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A. Gestalt psychology B. Humanistic psychology C. Cognitive neuroscience D. Psychoanalysis
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a. If her hunch is confirmed, she and others may reinterpret it as clairvoyance. b. If her hunch is not confirmed, it will be forgotten. c. Most people do not realize that such coincidences between hunches and happenings occur quite often. d. When a person shows evidence of psi ability through premonitions, this person will be able to maintain this ability over a sustained period of time.
Research that examines the effects of deception experiments on participants has found that
a. most people find such experiences extremely upsetting. b. participating in such experiments causes people to develop an enduring distrust of researchers. c. people do not object to the mild discomfort and deceptions used in social psychological research. d. participating in such experiments has a delayed negative effect.
Regarding intellectual development, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. From an evolutionary perspective, a baby's mind is designed to soak up information. b. The ability to imitate aids rapid learning in infancy. c. Learned knowledge and skills are referred to as fluid intelligence, while rapid learning is called crystallized intelligence. d. By age 83, people tend to find it much harder to learn new skills, such as becoming fluent in a second language, and tend to rely much more on what they already know.