The Extent to Which a Person Carefully Thinks About Issue-Relevant

question 26

Multiple Choice

The extent to which a person carefully thinks about issue-relevant information is called:

• A) Inoculation
• B) Cognitive dissonance
• C) Counterarguing
• D) Elaboration likelihood
• E) Elaboration

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Definitions:

CR

CR can refer to various terms depending on context; without further specification, it's ambiguous. In medicine, it might stand for "controlled release"; in learning, "conditioned reflex."

Associative Learning

The process by which an individual learns the connection between two stimuli or between a behavior and a consequence.

Pavlov

A Russian physiologist best known for his work in classical conditioning, demonstrating how reflexes can be conditioned to respond to neutral stimuli through association.

Watson

John B. Watson, an American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior.