What is the inoculation effect in persuasion?
a. Hearing a weak argument first makes a later strong argument more persuasive.
b. Hearing a weak argument first makes a later strong argument less persuasive.
c. Hearing a strong argument first makes a later weak argument more persuasive.
d. Hearing a strong argument first makes a later weak argument less persuasive.
b
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The percentage of older Americans living in poverty
a. increases with advancing age. b. decreases with advancing age. c. is equivalent to the number of single middle-aged women living in poverty. d. levels off once the person is on a fixed income.
When a group of individuals is tested in a series of treatment conditions over time, which factor can cause progressive improvement in performance from treatment to treatment and thus provide an alternative explanation for the results?
a. history b. selection bias c. practice d. fatigue
In his investigation of identity development in young adolescents, Michael Bamburg (2004) evaluated information obtained from journal entries, oral accounts, individual interviews, and group discussions among boys aged 10, 12, and 15 . This is an example of a(n)
a. case study used to describe a group. b. structured observation. c. experiment. d. clinical interview.
What visual cue to distance co-varies with vergence and so has to be taken into account in studies of the efficiency of vergence?
a. Perspective b. Binocular disparity c. Occlusion d. Accommodation