The Fact That a Source's credibility Can Change Throughout a Speech

question 140

Multiple Choice

The fact that a source's credibility can change throughout a speech, a campaign, or even over a greater period of time reveals that

• A) credibility is random
• B) credibility is dynamic
• C) credibility is situational
• D) credibility is evolutionary

Understand the mechanisms that encourage or discourage innovation in a competitive market system.

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Understand the fundamental questions of economics regarding what, how, and for whom goods and services are produced.

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Definitions:

Observing Others

The act of watching the behaviors, actions, or reactions of individuals or groups to learn, analyze, or make inferences about them.

Unlearned Response

A natural, innate reaction to a stimulus that occurs without the need for prior experience or learning.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that pairs a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to trigger an involuntary response.

Desensitization

The type of sensory adaptation in which we become less sensitive to constant stimuli. Also called negative adaptation.