Joe is a used-car salesman, and his go-to sales pitch is: “T…
Joe is a used-car salesman, and his go-to sales pitch is: “This car is a beauty, very cheap too – unless you want a different paint color. Tell me if you don’t want it. It’s your choice. But why don’t you take it just for a test drive?” Which of the following techniques of persuasion is LEAST likely to be utilized in this scenario?
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Professor A believes that thinking is simply a type of behavior. Professor B suggests that thinking is more than behavior, and that thinking can actually influence behavior. Professor A best aligns with _________. Professor B best aligns with ________.
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A professor notices that some of the students who used their cell phones during class did poorly on a recent exam. She concludes the students’ poor performance was caused by their distracting cell phones. What logical fallacy is this an example of?
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Kimber’s little brother is eating cereal at the breakfast table. Just as Kimber steps out of the kitchen she hears a loud crash and returns to see her little brother’s cereal all over the floor. Her brother claims that the cat got out of her crate and pushed his cereal off the table, but Kimber understands that the simpler explanation is that he accidentally spilled his cereal. What scientific thinking principle did Kimber use?
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