Regarding Coercion, Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 454

Multiple Choice

Regarding coercion, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Coercion involves bending to the requests of a person who has little or no authority or form of social power.
• B)Through various types of brainwashing techniques, the Chinese during the Korean War were able to coerce some of the American prisoners to sign false confessions.
• C)Coercion is the most extreme form of social influence.
• D)Cult conversion is an example of coercion.

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