Yoshi Lives in a City That Does Not Have a Recreation

question 139

Multiple Choice

Yoshi lives in a city that does not have a recreation centre.City council is about to have a meeting to consider building one in the city.Yoshi feels very strongly that the city should build a recreation centre and has decided to speak at the meeting.When he arrives,he finds that only one other person has signed up to speak,and that this person will be arguing against building the recreation centre.Yoshi and the other debater must decide the order of speakers.Based on what you know about the Yale Attitude Change Approach,what option would be best for Yoshi to persuade the city council to vote for the recreation centre?

• A) The speeches will be given back to back with no break, but there will be a delay before the council makes a decision. Yoshi asks to go first.
• B) The speeches will be given back to back with no break, but there will be a delay before the council makes a decision. Yoshi asks to go second.
• C) There will be a break between the two speeches, and the council will decide right after the second speech. Yoshi asks to go first.
• D) There will be a break between the two speeches, and there will be a delay before the council makes a decision. Yoshi asks to go first.
• E) The order of speakers doesn't matter. The only important thing is that Yoshi presents a stronger argument than the other speaker.

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