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A car ad stressing safety data and fuel economy uses which route to persuasion?Read the answer and worked solution →An athlete endorsing shoes persuades through the:Read the answer and worked solution →Getting someone to agree to a small request before a larger one is the:Read the answer and worked solution →In Asch's line studies, what share of participants conformed to the group at least once?Read the answer and worked solution →In Milgram's experiment, what share of participants continued shocking to the maximum voltage?Read the answer and worked solution →Milgram's shocks increased in 15-volt steps up to:Read the answer and worked solution →Group members modifying opinions to match what they think the group consensus is, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The US-Soviet nuclear arms race is an example of a:Read the answer and worked solution →Doing less work in a group project because others will pick up the slack is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the attribution biasesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the conformity wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the classic studiesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the social psychology namesRead the answer and worked solution →Fit in or be rightRead the answer and worked solution →Sort persuasion, conformity and groupsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Social psychology bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A baby is born knowing how to suck on a nipple. This unlearned behaviour is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A relatively permanent change in behaviour or knowledge that results from experience is:Read the answer and worked solution →You jump when you see lightning because it reliably predicts thunder. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →You give your dog a treat each time he sits, and he sits more often. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Julian learns to surf by watching his father and imitating him. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Ivan Pavlov, who discovered classical conditioning, was by training a:Read the answer and worked solution →Pavlov originally measured how much of what his dogs produced in response to food?Read the answer and worked solution →In Pavlov's experiment, the meat powder that naturally causes salivation is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Before pairing, the tone that does not naturally cause salivation is a:Read the answer and worked solution →After repeated pairing, the dogs salivate to the tone alone. The salivation to the tone is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Moisha feels nauseous just entering her oncologist's office after chemotherapy there. The office is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Using an established conditioned stimulus to condition a new neutral stimulus is:Read the answer and worked solution →The initial period when a neutral stimulus is connected to an unconditioned stimulus is:Read the answer and worked solution →

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A car ad stressing safety data and fuel economy uses which route to persuasion?

  1. Peripheral route
  2. Foot-in-the-door
  3. Informational
  4. Central route
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Correct answer: D. Central route

1. It is logic driven with facts. 2. This is the central route. 3. It works best for analytical audiences. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 12, Social Psychology (CC BY 4.0)._

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An athlete endorsing shoes persuades through the:

  1. Peripheral route
  2. Central route
  3. Just-world route
  4. Dissonance route
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Correct answer: A. Peripheral route

1. It relies on positive cues, not facts. 2. This is the peripheral route. 3. Attitude change is less permanent. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 12, Social Psychology (CC BY 4.0)._

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Getting someone to agree to a small request before a larger one is the:

  1. Bait-and-switch
  2. Foot-in-the-door
  3. Door-in-the-face
  4. Low-ball offer
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Correct answer: B. Foot-in-the-door

1. Freedman and Fraser showed it with yard signs. 2. This is the foot-in-the-door technique. 3. It uses our desire for consistency. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 12, Social Psychology (CC BY 4.0)._

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