In His Persuasive Speech,Brendan Argues,"What Starving People Need First Is

question 46

Multiple Choice

In his persuasive speech,Brendan argues,"What starving people need first is food and clean water-not counseling about the sad state of their governments,not advice about ways to attract new industry,and not pity over the loss of their self-esteem." What principle of persuasive speaking is Brendan effectively utilizing?

• A)The principle of cognitive dissonance and negative motivation.
• B)The principle of presenting more advantages than disadvantages.
• C)The principle of creating gradual,rather than sudden,change in listeners.
• D)The principle that basic needs must be satisfied before higher-level ones.

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Definitions:

Reasoning

The process of forming conclusions, judgments, or inferences from facts or premises through logical thinking.

Mechanical Functions

Refers to the operations performed by machinery, involving the application of mechanical principles and engineering design.

Cohort Effects

Also called history-graded events, they are events that provide a context for development and also influence it directly. The year of your birth marks your entry into a cohort of peers who accompany you through age-graded developmental changes within the context of a specific set of historical events.

Life-Course Perspective

The view that development is influenced by the intersection of chronological age (life time), family-related (family time), and membership in a birth cohort (historical time).