Davina Wants to Get a Navel Ring, but She Knows

question 18

Multiple Choice

Davina wants to get a navel ring, but she knows her mother will object. She decides to frame the argument so it will appeal to her mother. "A naval piercing is better than a tattoo because it is removable. And it isn't visible, like facial piercing in a workplace." Davina's strategy best illustrates:

• A) Toulmin model
• B) Perelman's new rhetoric
• C) Pragma-dialectics
• D) Deduction
• E) Narrative perspective

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Self-Schema

A collection of beliefs and ideas about oneself that guide the processing of self-relevant information.