Chapter 15 Quiz Without Consequence

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. Change a person's attitude and his or her behavior is sure to follow.

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False correct incorrect

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. Strongly held attitudes are better predictors of likely behavior than weakly held attitudes.

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. When attempting to persuade an audience that is not in agreement with your position, strongly advocating an extreme position-to show the passion in your stance-is likely to be most persuasive.

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. Converting an audience from one strong attitude to an opposite attitude and corresponding behavior is highly likely if your persuasive speech is especially eloquent.

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. Maintaining current attitudes and behavior, not changing either, is an appropriate persuasive goal in some circumstances.

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. You give a speech attempting to persuade your audience to run for the student senate. The likelihood that anyone will join the senate is strongly influenced by

the effort required to spend time acting as a senator correct incorrect

social pressure from a peer group that either ridicules or encourages such participation correct incorrect

the strength of attitudes regarding the importance of such participation correct incorrect

all of the above correct incorrect

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. If your anchor position is "Marijuana should be legalized," then according to the Social Judgment Theory

"decriminalizing marijuana" (reducing use to a minor misdemeanor for any quantity under a pound) would fall within the latitude of rejection correct incorrect

"legalizing medical marijuana use" would fall within the latitude of noncommitment correct incorrect

"penalties for marijuana possession should be increased" would fall within the latitude of rejection correct incorrect

none of the above has anything to do with Social Judgment Theory correct incorrect

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. You work diligently and tirelessly to advance a ballot measure calling for elimination of mandatory minimum sentences for drug possession. This shows

the central route to persuasion correct incorrect

the peripheral route to persuasion correct incorrect

a secondhand attitude correct incorrect

none of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is an example of the peripheral route to persuasion?

Physical attractiveness of the speaker correct incorrect

Likability of the speaker correct incorrect

Credentials of the speaker indicating expertise on the subject of the speech correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. "If Congress fails to raise the federal debt limit, a global economic catastrophe will likely ensue." This is a

proposition of policy correct incorrect

proposition of value correct incorrect

proposition of fact correct incorrect

none of the above correct incorrect