Mentioning that there are two sides to an issue
a. confuses people.
b. can increase your credibility with an audience.
c. decreases the persuasion.
d. generates positive feelings.
Answer: b. can increase your credibility with an audience.
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A baby will not stop crying, and he is driving his parents crazy. As a last resort, the father puts the baby in a laundry basket and sets the basket on top of the running dryer. The vibrations of the dryer soothe the baby and he falls asleep. The father congratulates himself on discovering this solution, which he most definitely will employ the next time the baby cannot be consoled. The father's
behaviour of implementing the "dryer trick" has thus been: A) positively reinforced. B) negatively reinforced. C) positively punished. D) negatively punished.
Claiming that something is true because ‘it should be obvious" is really just _____
a. anecdotal evidence b. an appeal to common sense c. an appeal to authority d. generalizability
The earliest recorded use of opium as a medicine was probably by
A. the British, around 1600 AD. B. Portuguese explorers, around 1400 AD. C. Egyptians, around 1500 BC. D. Romans, around 600 AD.
Gender ______, the awareness of whether one is a boy or girl, occurs at about age two.
A. constancy B. identity C. schema D. stability