A student introduces himself in class as a member of the cross-country and track teams, and the professor replies that she loves having runners in class because they are disciplined students who know how to work hard. The student in this case is the beneficiary of ______.

a. the halo effect
b. transaction-based credibility
c. knowledgeability
d. testimony

a. the halo effect

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The New York Times published stories about the dangers of unhealthy eating habits everyday for a week

Each day, a new story highlighted several real-life incidents in which people had been affected by unhealthy eating habits and also providedprevention techniques. On the final day, the feature story concluded with research findings thatunhealthy eating habits pose a constant threat to children as well as adults. What type of feature story is the New York Timespublishing, and what is itspurpose? a. Survey and research study; the readers connect and relate to it. b. Backgrounder; it focuses on a problem and how it was solved by an organization. c. Op-ed; it "humanizes" the people who contributed to the story by giving a glimpse of their day-to-day lives. d. Feature lead; it tells people they will learn something beneficial to them.

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Gregorio claims that because two restaurants in the local mall were infested with rats, every restaurant in the mall is also infested. This is an example of which fallacy of argument?

a.false analogy b. ad hominem c. bandwagon d. hasty generalization

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