The Use of Critical Analysis and Logic in Response to a Persuasive

question 111

Multiple Choice

The use of critical analysis and logic in response to a persuasive appeal is most closely associated with the ____.

• A) central route to persuasion
• B) peripheral route to persuasion
• C) cognitive dissonance theory of persuasion
• D) attribution model of persuasion

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Definitions:

Prozac

A brand name for fluoxetine, a medication commonly prescribed to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety.

Activation-Synthesis

A theory suggesting that dreams result from the brain's attempts to make sense of random and internally generated neural signals during REM sleep.

Dreams-For-Survival

A theory suggesting that dreaming serves as a mechanism to process and rehearse ways to handle survival-related problems encountered while awake.

Sociocultural Theory

A theory of development that stresses the importance of social interaction and the cultural context in which people live and how these factors affect individual learning and behavior.