"To Persuade My Audience That the Use Operformance-Enhancing Drugs Should

question 50

Multiple Choice

"To persuade my audience that the use operformance-enhancing drugs should be permitted in amateur and professional sports" is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of

• A) fact.
• B) attitude.
• C) policy.
• D) opinion.
• E) value.

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Definitions:

Successive Approximation

A method in behaviorism used to shape complex behaviors by rewarding behaviors that are progressively closer to the target behavior.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response.

Acquisition

In psychology, acquisition refers to the initial stage of learning or conditioning during which a response is established.

Generalization

The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances.