A person who is trying to persuade another person will be most persuasive if the ____.?
a. ?other person is aware that the persuader is trying to persuade
b. ?persuader is of average attractiveness
c. ?persuader is not necessarily an expert on the issue
d. ?persuader gives both sides of the argument
ANSWER:
d
You might also like to view...
Your text presented a number of reasons that women have lower incomes than men during old age. Which of the following is not one of those reasons?
a. Women have lower average incomes during their working years. b. Women are less likely to be enrolled in private pension plans. c. Women are two to three times as likely to miss work because of illness. d. Women live longer.
A new medical subspecialty called psychoncology reflects the influence of psychological factors in the development and progression of a. cancer
b. coronary heart disease. c. eating disorders. d. high blood pressure.
Ashley learns that if her car does not start on the first try, pressing the gas pedal before trying to start it again will get the car to work. The next time Ashley's car does not start, she tries pressing the gas pedal, but this does not work. She concludes that her car needs repairs and does not notice that she is simply out of gas. Ashley is experiencing ____
a. ?functional fixedness b. ?incubation c. ?the representativeness heuristic d. ?a mental set
Faculty in the psychology department at State University consume an average of 5 cups of coffee per day with a standard deviation of 1.5 . The distribution is normal. What proportion of faculty consume an amount between 4 and 6 cups?
a. .5468 b. .4972 c. .50 d. none of the alternative is correct