The communicative pattern involving a negative evaluation or an overt dismissal of th person or the person's messages is called .
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
explicit rejection
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Rhetoric is the study of how messages influence people.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
"My opponent says we can lower taxes. He can't be believed or trusted. Ten years ago, he admitted to being an alcoholic." What fallacy is being committed in this statement?
a) Faulty cause b) Hasty generalization c) Appeal to popularity d) Appeal to authority e) Ad hominem attack
En banc decisions of federal appeals courts ______.
a. are unusual b. hold the same weight as decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court c. are unsigned, speedy decisions with limited legal effect d. return a case to the lower court
A hearing protection organization is planning a television advertising campaign to encourage young people to wear ear plugs at concerts and loud movies. They want to know which is more effective, a commercial that features a young person with bad habits and hearing damage or a commercial that features a young person with good habits and excellent hearing. They design two versions of the
commercial. The first commercial features a female musician who wears earplugs and has excellent hearing. The second commercial features a young woman with hearing damage. The subjects rated the second commercial much higher than the first, however the researchers discovered that the subjects found the woman in the first commercial unattractive. For this study, "attractiveness" would be which of the following variable types? a. Confounding variable b. Predictor variable c. Dependent variable d. Independent variable