What adaptation strategy is employed by skeptics?

a) Minimize perceptions of risk by explaining how this has worked in the past.
b) Provide extensive and detailed explanations to support points being made.
c) Make analogies about how your product works well in other similar organizations.
d) Develop credibility by gaining the endorsement of someone the decision maker respects.


ANS: d

Communication & Mass Media

You might also like to view...

When speaking to a large audience all seated at the same level on the floor, you should display your

visual aids A) above the level of your head. B) at your eye level. C) close to the front row. D) in front of the podium. E) on the side wall.

Communication & Mass Media

Which of the following characteristics are attributed to someone who has ethos?

A) integrity B) trustworthiness C) goodwill towards the audience D) committed to the topic, shows enthusiasm and dynamism E) all of the above

Communication & Mass Media

Listening the message is the same thing as hearing a message

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Communication & Mass Media

The hormonally-based stereotypical characteristic most often associated with masculinity is

A. aggression. B. assertiveness. C. nurturance. D. competitiveness.

Communication & Mass Media