COMM 325 Chapter 10 || Zero Flaw on Answers.
Arguing from accepted belief correct answers Argument based on an accepted belief,
assumption, or propositition
Arguing from analogy correct answers Argument based on common characteristics of two
people, places, objects, proposals, or ideas shared.
Arguing from cause-effect correct answers An argument that attempts to establish a causal
relationship.
Arguing from condition correct answers An argument based on the assertion that if something
does or does not happen, something else will or will not happen.
Arguing from example correct answers An argument based on a sampling of given class of
people, places, or things.
Arguing from facts correct answers An argument based on a conclusion that best explains a body
of facts.
Arguing from two choices correct answers Arguing that there are only two possible proposals or
courses of action and then eliminating one of the choices.
Attitudes correct answers Relatively enduring combinations of beliefs that predispose people to
respond in particular ways to persons, organizations, places, ideas, and issues.
Balance or consistency theory correct answers A theory based on the belief that human beings
strive for a harmonious existence with self and others and experience psychological discomfort
(dissonance) when they do not.
, Bandwagon tactic correct answers A tactic that urges a person to follow the crowd, to do what
everyone else is doing.
Beliefs correct answers The trust or confidence placed in social, political, historic, economic, and
religious claims.
Closed-minded or authoritarian interviewee correct answers Parties with unchangeable central
beliefs who rely on trusted authorities when making decisions.
Cold calls correct answers Persuasive interview contacts made without an appointment or prior
notice.
Consubstantiality correct answers The effort to establish a substantial sameness or similarity
between interviewer and interviewee.
Contrast principle correct answers If a second item or choice is fairly different from the first, it
seems more different than it actually is.
Culture correct answers Shared customs, norms, knowledge, attitudes, values, and traits of a
racial, religious, social, or corporate group.
Differentiation correct answers An attempt through language to alter how a person sees reality by
renaming it.
Domino effect/Thin entering wedge/Slippery slope tactic correct answers An argument that one
decision, action, or law after another is leading inevitably toward some sort of danger.
Evidence correct answers Examples, stories, comparisons, testimony, and statistics that support a
claim.
Arguing from accepted belief correct answers Argument based on an accepted belief,
assumption, or propositition
Arguing from analogy correct answers Argument based on common characteristics of two
people, places, objects, proposals, or ideas shared.
Arguing from cause-effect correct answers An argument that attempts to establish a causal
relationship.
Arguing from condition correct answers An argument based on the assertion that if something
does or does not happen, something else will or will not happen.
Arguing from example correct answers An argument based on a sampling of given class of
people, places, or things.
Arguing from facts correct answers An argument based on a conclusion that best explains a body
of facts.
Arguing from two choices correct answers Arguing that there are only two possible proposals or
courses of action and then eliminating one of the choices.
Attitudes correct answers Relatively enduring combinations of beliefs that predispose people to
respond in particular ways to persons, organizations, places, ideas, and issues.
Balance or consistency theory correct answers A theory based on the belief that human beings
strive for a harmonious existence with self and others and experience psychological discomfort
(dissonance) when they do not.
, Bandwagon tactic correct answers A tactic that urges a person to follow the crowd, to do what
everyone else is doing.
Beliefs correct answers The trust or confidence placed in social, political, historic, economic, and
religious claims.
Closed-minded or authoritarian interviewee correct answers Parties with unchangeable central
beliefs who rely on trusted authorities when making decisions.
Cold calls correct answers Persuasive interview contacts made without an appointment or prior
notice.
Consubstantiality correct answers The effort to establish a substantial sameness or similarity
between interviewer and interviewee.
Contrast principle correct answers If a second item or choice is fairly different from the first, it
seems more different than it actually is.
Culture correct answers Shared customs, norms, knowledge, attitudes, values, and traits of a
racial, religious, social, or corporate group.
Differentiation correct answers An attempt through language to alter how a person sees reality by
renaming it.
Domino effect/Thin entering wedge/Slippery slope tactic correct answers An argument that one
decision, action, or law after another is leading inevitably toward some sort of danger.
Evidence correct answers Examples, stories, comparisons, testimony, and statistics that support a
claim.
