Imagine you are an incumbent politician who wants to employ inoculation in a campaign letter so your constituents will vote against your challenger
Which of the following techniques best employs the inoculation procedure (McGuire, 1964)?
A) Present your arguments without reference to your opponent's arguments.
B) Present both your and your opponent's strongest arguments, but present yours first.
C) Present a few of the weaker arguments that your opponent will use against you.
D) Present a few of the stronger arguments that your opponent will use against you.
Answer: C
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a. there is not a perfectly consistent association. b. there are different Y scores associated with a single X score. c. prediction of Y from a known X score has some error. d. all data points fall on the regression line.
Bandura maintained that observational learning has two advantages over other forms of learning. One is that a new response may be added through imitation of a model. A second advantage is that
a. observational learning is possible at any age, while other learning is not. b. the child need not be reinforced to learn the behavior. c. only positive behaviors are acquired though observation. d. it eliminates the need for punishment.
Research on sex chromosome disorders shows that __________
A) males with XYY syndrome are more aggressive and antisocial than XY males B) verbal difficulties are common among females who are missing an X chromosome C) females who are missing an X chromosome often have trouble with spatial relationships D) most children with these disorders suffer from intellectual disability
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a) a table b) a modem c) a rainbow d) a photograph