80 undergraduates were exposed to arguments advocating supplemental vitamin use. Ending arguments with rhetorical questions (when compared with statements) resulted in more favorable attitudes towards vitamin use and a more favorable profile of questions generated about the message topic. The question profile, principally reflecting uncertainty concerning personal nutrition, mediated the attitudinal effect.
Source: “Question effects on question generation and the mediation of attitude change.” from Psychol Rep. 1994 Aug;75(1 Pt 1):209-10.
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Title | Do rhetorical questions make arguments more or less persuasive? |
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Author | Eric Barker |
Date | September 1, 2011 4:34 PM UTC (12 years ago) |
Blog | bakadesuyo |
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