If you present a pro-life speech and get the pro-choice listeners to feel uncomfortable with their positions, you have effectively used the persuasive technique of

a. using negative motivation.
b. appealing to basic human needs.
c. using emotional appeals.
d. using cognitive dissonance.

d
.

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A. learning observers of B. leaders of C. participants in D. critic observers of

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