Evaluate the Following Claim, Paying Particular Attention to Problems of Clarity

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Essay

Evaluate the following claim, paying particular attention to problems of clarity. Note that claims may also present problems of knowability, though we don't address knowability per se in this chapter.
Most voters in the 2008 presidential election believe that the Republican candidate better represents traditional values than does the Democratic candidate.

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Definitions:

Effortful Processing

A type of memory encoding that requires attention and conscious effort in order to maintain information in short-term memory or to encode it into long-term memory.

Sensory Memory

A very short-term form of memory that allows individuals to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimulus has ceased.

Suggestive Interviewing

A technique in interviewing that may lead or influence individuals to recall events or details in a biased or particular way.

False Memory

A phenomenon where a person recalls something that did not happen or recalls it differently from the way it actually happened.