A lecturer is concerned that the people attending her upcoming presentation will have very different opinions from hers. What can she use to persuade a group like this?
a. selective exposure
b. contradictory signs
c. negative social proof
d. anecdotal evidence
a
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A. Jason checks the call log on his girlfriend’s cell to see who she called. B. Bob accuses Steve of being disloyal to him. C. Rachel flirts with Brent to try and get Nick jealous. D. Kristen makes herself especially attractive when around Terry.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. To say “the world is external to our minds” overlooks the idea that perception and thought are not independent of the environment. 2. Ancient Greeks had a strong sense of individual identity. 3. The Chinese counterpart to the Greek sense of harmony was a sense of personal agency. 4. Field dependence is the degree to which perception of an object is influenced by the background or environment in which it appears. 5. Studies show that when prompted to discuss a scene, people in Japan discuss relationships between objects and people in the United States describe the largest object.
During the satisfaction step of the Motivated Sequence, the speaker proposes a solution to the demonstrated problem
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The author suggests that to empower your speaking, you should avoid self-critical statements because
A) they make you sound unprepared. B) they signal low social class and hence little power. C) they signal a lack of confidence and make public your sense of inadequacy. D) they make your speeches all sound the same.