If You Were Making a Persuasive Presentation Opposing the Spanking

question 39

Multiple Choice

If you were making a persuasive presentation opposing the spanking of children, what audience characteristic would be most important in preparing your arguments?

• A)economic status
• B)educational status
• C)career status
• D)marital status
• E)parental status

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Definitions:

Action Therapies

Therapeutic approaches that emphasize direct action and behavioral change rather than introspection or cognitive analysis.

Biomedical Therapies

Treatments for mental disorders that involve physiological interventions, such as medication, surgery, or electroconvulsive therapy, to restore normal psychological functioning.

Free Association

A psychoanalytic therapy technique where the patient is asked to freely share thoughts, words, and anything else that comes to mind.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique where a maladaptive response to a stimulus is replaced with an incompatible positive response.