What Is the Relationship Between Expertise and Persuasion

question 239

Multiple Choice

What is the relationship between expertise and persuasion?

• A) Expertise has no effect on persuasion.
• B) Nonexperts tend to be the most persuasive.
• C) Greater expertise leads to greater persuasion.
• D) Communicators with moderate expertise are the most persuasive.

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Definitions:

Producer Surplus

The difference between the amount producers are willing to sell a good for and the actual amount they receive due to market price.

Good X

An unspecified product or commodity in economics, used in theoretical models and discussions.

Producer Surplus

The difference between the actual price producers receive for a product and the minimum price they would accept.

Supply Curve

A graphical representation of the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied by producers.