Psychology of Persuasion: Central and Peripheral Routes

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What occurs when people focus on the arguments and respond with favorable thoughts?

  • Central route processing (correct)
  • Credible communication
  • Peripheral route processing
  • Automatic acceptance

What is a characteristic of a credible communicator?

  • Being attractive and articulate
  • Being perceived as both expert and trustworthy (correct)
  • Only being an expert
  • Only being trustworthy

What happens when people take the peripheral route?

  • They rely on incidental cues and automatic acceptance (correct)
  • They think carefully about the arguments
  • They ignore the speaker's attractiveness
  • They focus on the communicator's credibility

What is the result of central route processing?

<p>More enduring change (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why do people often take the peripheral route?

<p>Because it's a quicker way to process information (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a simple rule-of-thumb heuristic?

<p>Trust the experts (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the key factor that affects the way a message is delivered?

<p>Channel (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a key characteristic of an attractive communicator?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the tendency of people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request?

<p>The foot-in-the-door phenomenon (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of communication has the strongest effect on persuasion?

<p>Face-to-face (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the strengthening of dominant responses in the presence of others?

<p>Social facilitation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the phenomenon where people usually remember the first part of a message?

<p>Primacy effect (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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