If You Were Attempting to Persuade Someone to Stop Smoking

question 17

Multiple Choice

If you were attempting to persuade someone to stop smoking by explaining the health risks associated with smoking, you would be using which type of artistic proof?

• A) ethos
• B) pathos
• C) logos
• D) mythos

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Definitions:

Imitate

The action of copying or replicating someone’s gestures, speech, or behaviors.

Social Learning

The theory that people can learn new behaviors by observing and imitating others, as well as by receiving rewards and punishments.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Latent Learning

Pertains to knowledge acquired without any immediate or visible reinforcement or outcome, becoming apparent only when needed.