Jeremy Has Always Been a Very Eloquent Speaker and Speech-Writer

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Multiple Choice

Jeremy has always been a very eloquent speaker and speech-writer.For his college oratory class,Jeremy was recently required to write and deliver a speech in support of capital punishment.Although Jeremy is strongly opposed to the death penalty,he wrote and delivered a very powerful speech in support of the death penalty.As a result,his professor and several students now believe Jeremy actually supports the death penalty.Why might this be the case?

• A)The professor and students must have been persuaded to support capital punishment by Jeremy's speech.
• B)The professor and students implicitly believe that only someone who really hold a particular opinion can persuasively write or speak about it.
• C)The professor and students themselves must strongly support capital punishment and see Jeremy as a potential ally in their beliefs.
• D)Eloquence and persuasiveness are fundamental aspects of Asch's central and peripheral traits theory.
• E)The theory of correspondent inference suggests that most people will not accept Jeremy's position as his own.

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