To receive extra credit in your political science class, you attend a lecture in which a politician from another state argues that her state must raise tuition to maintain their university system. According to the routes to persuasion described in the textbook, you are most likely to process the politician’s arguments on the ____ route.?

a. ?central
b. ?systematic
c. ?peripheral
d. ?tertiary

ANSWER:
c

Psychology

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Which of the following statements about Lawrence Kohlberg's well-known "Heinz dilemma" is true?

A) Kohlberg emphasized that it is the content of the response that determines moral maturity. B) Given a choice between obeying the law and preserving individual rights, the most advanced moral thinkers focus on avoidance of punishment as a reason for behaving morally. C) Kohlberg emphasized that it is the way an individual reasons about the dilemma, not the content of the response, that determines moral maturity. D) Kohlberg noted that females more than males tended to emphasize obeying the law over the value of human life.

Psychology

The authors of your text provide the example of the most recent war in Iraq to demonstrate the dangers of what can happen when political leaders

a. refuse to listen to reason. b. are caught up in a cycle of self-justification. c. have too much power in their hands. d. make accurate decisions based on accurate information.

Psychology