Distracting people can be a useful strategy when trying to make a persuasive argument, largely because it ____
a. puts them in a good mood
b. prevents them from thinking of counterarguments
c. facilitates central/systematic processing
d. heightens people's need for cognition
B
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a) alarm b) resistance c) exhaustion d) termination
A report of 375 controlled studies, each comparing psychotherapy (of different types, including
psychodynamic, behavioral, and humanistic) against control groups revealed that___________. a. the average client receiving psychotherapy was no better off than 75% of clients who remained untreated b. the average client receiving psychotherapy was better off than 75% of clients who remained untreated c. clients receiving psychotherapy were not better off than 25% those not receiving therapy d. the average client receiving psychotherapy was better off than 40% of clients who remained untreated