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True/False Rhetoric is the art of influencing the thinking, feelings, and behavior an audience.

True/False Attacking the person fallacy is an attack “against the man.”

There are 3 major final typed outlines (demonstration, persuasive, informative) and they are test grades. 

True/False Most of your nervous symptoms are not seen by your audience members.

Baum argues that the concept of “responsibility” should be reframed in behavioral terms as a decision about the application of consequences rather than a moral judgment about free will. Using coercion theory and the concepts of conditioning, explain how antisocial behavior in families is developed and maintained, and what this analysis implies for how society should respond to criminal behavior.

A man approaches a woman at a train station and asks for directions to the hat shop in Spanish. However, the woman has no experience with the Spanish language. After a moment, the man points at his head, then at a person walking buy wearing a hat. The woman then points in the direction of the hat shop. Answer the following in the relation to the above: How do behaviorists define communication How does verbal behavior differ from other forms of operant behavior? When the man asks for directions in a language the woman does not speak, is he acting as a “speaker” in behavioral terms? Why or why not? Is the woman acting as a listener? Why or why not? When the two begin exchanging gestures, are they engaging in verbal behavior? Why or why not?

When typing in the essay box, avoid using the Tab key. Using it may result in you mistakenly submitting the essay before you have finished it. Use the space bar to indent the paragraphs.   Essay questions – Answer ONE question in essay format of about 350-1000 words.  Remember to support your opinion with specific information from the work or works you choose.  An essay presents a thesis and has points (body paragraphs) that are supported. Use parts of the work or works to support your ideas.  You may use only the works of literature that you have read this semester. DO NOT use outside or secondary sources or research for this essay. Indicate the number of the question you have chosen.    1.Are there any two works by TWO DIFFERENT AUTHORS that you have read this semester that can be compared to each other? What similarities do they share? Use details from the works to support your answer. 2. Discuss the theme of love in TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT WORKS by different authors that you have read this semester. Use details from the works to support your answer.  3. Discuss the portrayal or treatment of women in TWO DIFFERENT WORKS of literature read this semester. Use details from the works to support your answer. 4. Discuss the theme of loyalty in TWO DIFFERENT WORKS of literature by two different authors that you read this semester. Use details from the works to support your answer. 5. Discuss the male-female relationship in one work from the Middle Ages and one work from the Renaissance read this semester. Use details from the works to support your answer. 6. Compare and contrast two characters from TWO DIFFERENT WORKS by two different authors that you read this semester. Use details from the works to support your answer.

Compare and contrast pliance and tracking as types of rule-governed behavior. In your response, identify the conditions under which each is likely to be effective and the conditions under which each breaks down. Provide an original example of each that is distinct from those used in the course. 

Define rule-governed behaviors, explain how they differ from more conventional behaviors, identify advantages rules have for rule-followers. Then identity some downsides of following rules. When appropriate, explain of why the advantages and disadvantages stem from the same behavioral phenomena.