According to the elaboration likelihood model of persuasion, you are more likely to be influenced by the central route when you are
a. preoccupied with other matters.
b. willing and able to give your full attention to the message.
c. not invested in the topic at hand.
d. impressed with the speaker's credentials and manner.
Answer: B
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Why did Thorndike conclude that his cats did NOT solve his task by an understanding or insight? a. Even after many trials, they often failed to escape from the puzzle box. b. The cats improved their escape times gradually and irregularly
c. The cats escaped rapidly, even on the first trial. d. The cats were slow to escape for many trials, and then improved suddenly.
Guilford was a pioneer in the development of tests that measured
a. functional fixedness. b. divergent thinking. c. confirmation bias. d. convergent thinking. e. heuristics.
Which best describes recent research on PMS?
a. Most PMS is caused by a defect on the 21st chromosome. b. Males experience PMS about half as often as females. c. Severe PMS appears to be totally psychosomatic (mentally, not physiologically-based). d. Expectations, not hormones, play a bigger role in many cases of PMS.
The James-Lange theory emphasizes the ____ component of emotion
a. behavioral c. cognitive b. physiological d. active