Which of the Following Illustrates the Best Use of Testimony

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the following illustrates the best use of testimony for a speech on civic engagement?

• A)Benjamin Barber,a leading civil society scholar,suggests most Americans perceive themselves more as consumers than citizens.
• B) My roommate said he thought he would be more engaged in politics,if he didn't work so much.
• C) John Cameron,director of many blockbuster movies,thinks Americans are more engaged than most people think.
• D)I heard somewhere that people on the East coast,like around Washington,D.C.,are really interested in politics.

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Definitions:

Mnemonics

Memory aids or techniques that employ vivid imagery and organizational strategies to enhance the recall of information.

Conditioning

A process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to associate a desired behavior with a previously unrelated stimulus.

Effortful Processing

A form of memory encoding that necessitates focus and deliberate effort, unlike automatic processing.

Encoding

Encoding is the initial process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory, involving the transformation of sensory input into a meaningful memory.