Using the Indirect Strategy to Prepare the Reader in a Bad-News

question 41

Multiple Choice

Using the indirect strategy to prepare the reader in a bad-news message

• A)shows insensitivity to your reader.
• B)allows you to confuse or distract the reader.
• C)helps you keep the reader's attention until you can explain the reasons for the bad news.
• D)demonstrates your ability to vary your strategies.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The return of a conditioned response that had been previously eliminated, following a timeframe where there was no contact with the conditioned stimulus.

CS-US Trials

In conditioning, trials where a conditioned stimulus (CS) is presented before an unconditioned stimulus (US) to create an association.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process by which a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears.

Second-order Conditioning

A conditioning process where a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus through association with an already conditioned stimulus.