It's Not Necessary to Respond When You Receive a Written

question 15

True/False

It's not necessary to respond when you receive a written congratulatory note.

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Definitions:

Acquiescent Response

A tendency to agree with or accept something passively, rather than expressing one's own opinion or dissent.

Elaboration-Likelihood Model

A theory suggesting two primary pathways (central and peripheral) that influence the ability of a message to persuade.

Central Route

In persuasion theory, a cognitive route of information processing that involves deliberate analysis of the attributes and content of the message.

Peripheral Route

An approach to persuasion that influences people by incidental cues, such as a speaker's attractiveness or non-central message features, differing in focus from the central route.