What Is the Name for a Recognized Social Position That

question 87

Multiple Choice

What is the name for a recognized social position that an individual can occupy?

• A) life stage
• B) peer group
• C) role model
• D) status

Understand the influence of belief systems on mental health and self-esteem.

Comprehend the strategies for reducing belief perseverance.

Identify how automatic and deliberate processing affects persuasion and decision making.

Analyze the role of downward and upward comparisons in coping with personal challenges.

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Definitions:

Fear Appeal

A type of persuasive communication that influences behavior on the basis of arousing fear instead of rational analysis of the issues.

Rational Analysis

A systematic, logical evaluation of information or concepts to form a judgment or conclusion.

Prejudice

Preconceived opinion or bias against an individual or group without sufficient knowledge, rational reason, or actual experience.

Discrimination

In conditioning, the tendency for an organism to distinguish between a CS and similar stimuli that do not forecast a UCS.