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The resident assistant of a campus residence hall notices that when a team of five students is assigned to bathroom duty, the bathrooms are not as well cleaned as when only one student is assigned to clean them. What phenomenon does this example illustrate?

Rachel is attending Catholic mass for the first time with her best friend Maria. Rachel is unfamiliar with when to sit, when to kneel, or when to stand, and doesn’t know when to respond to what the priest says and when to remain silent. When it is time for parishioners to receive Communion, Rachel looks quizzically to Maria, who silently shakes her head. Rachel remains seated while the rest of the congregation files toward the altar. This situation best exemplifies

Nabiha is an influencer. She promoted a product but did not disclose the partnership in her TikTok video. This is a violation of the laws outlined by the Federal Trade Commission. According to the rules-based approach to assessing whether persuasion is ethical, was Nabiha’s undisclosed partnership considered to be ethical persuasion?

What is at the HEART of the scarcity principle?

Bobby wanted to join the football team, but his mom told him she was too worried about his safety to let him join. She said that if he joins, he will be grounded. Angry that his ability to govern his own life was being restricted, Bobby secretly joined football. What theory best describes why Bobby joined football?

Which of the following is/are good strategy(ies) to defend against the impacts of weapons of influence?

Partie II: L’impératif présent Tu as fait beaucoup trop d’erreurs dans ton texte. (Corriger – Tu) _______________________-les avant de le remettre à ton enseignant.

The anchor in the social judgment theory is the…

Taylor plans to ask her employer for a raise because she has been the top salesperson for the past three quarters.  Taylor sends an email to let her boss know that she would like to schedule a meeting to discuss her salary, even though the department is very concerned about its budget.  This ________ affords time for her boss to develop counterarguments and thus hurts her attempts to persuade him are less likely to be effective.

What is the most likely persuasive outcome if a persuasive appeal triggered psychological reactance? And why is that the outcome?