Author Question: People may employ two strategies when resisting persuasive attempts. Which of the following ... (Read 79 times)

michelleunicorn · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

People may employ two strategies when resisting persuasive attempts. Which of the following accurately lists these two strategies?

A) Bolstering one's own view and counter-arguing.
B) Engaging in cognitive dissonance and public commitment
C) Taking the other person's perspective and monitoring one's self-esteem
D) Just saying no and heuristically processing
E) Walk away and turn down the volume

Question 2

Tina, who favors the death penalty, hears two different, though persuasive, messages: one favoring the death penalty and one against it.

Tina will likely report ________ oppositional (than supportive) thoughts about the counterattitudinal message (the message arguing against her attitude), and ________ supportive (than oppositional) thoughts about the proattitudinal message (the message in line with her attitude). Because of this experience, she will be ________ able to resist counterattitudinal persuasion in the future on this topic.

A) more; more; better
B) fewer; fewer; better
C) more; fewer; not as
D) fewer; more; better
E) more; fewer; better