Compared to Attempts at Persuasion,brainwashing

question 137

Multiple Choice

Compared to attempts at persuasion,brainwashing

• A) is much more subtle.
• B) is practiced on a captive audience.
• C) involves lasting attitude change.
• D) relies more heavily on the use of media.

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Definitions:

Enduring Information

Knowledge or data that remains applicable and useful over a long period of time, withstanding changes in context or circumstances.

Learning

The process of acquiring knowledge, skills, values, or behaviors through study, experience, or teaching.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Operant Behavior

Behavior that operates on the environment, producing a consequence.