Which Theory Posits That There Are Two Major Routes to Persuasion

question 87

Multiple Choice

Which theory posits that there are two major routes to persuasion: central and peripheral?

• A) the personal relevance theory of persuasion
• B) the elaboration likelihood model
• C) the theory of psychological reactance
• D) the action identification theory

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Temporal Lobe

A region of the cerebral cortex involved in processing auditory information and is also important in the understanding of complex stimuli such as faces and scenes.

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