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In psychological literature, the “sleeper effect” refers to
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In psychological literature, the “sleeper effect” refers to the phenomenon in which a persuasive message from a trustworthy source loses _______ over time, while the efficacy of a message from a less credible source simultaneously increases.
| Blank (i) |
| (A) prescience |
| (B) erudition |
| (C) evasiveness |
| (D) control |
| (E) cogency |
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The trigger while indicates that the two parts of the sentence will disagree, and the opposition is expressed by loses and increases. Thus, the blank needs to mean effectiveness of a persuasive message. Of the choices, only cogency conveys this sense of a convincingly logical message.
Hence option E is correct!
The trigger while indicates that the two parts of the sentence will disagree, and the opposition is expressed by loses and increases. Thus, the blank needs to mean effectiveness of a persuasive message. Of the choices, only cogency conveys this sense of a convincingly logical message.
Hence option E is correct!
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The trigger while indicates that the two parts of the sentence will disagree, and the opposition is expressed by loses and increases. Thus, the blank needs to mean effectiveness of a persuasive message. Of the choices, only cogency conveys this sense of a convincingly logical message.
