JANIS-FEYERABEND HYPOTHESIS

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Nugent, Pam M.S.
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the belief that persuasive discourse is truly effective in case an individual refutes positive arguments on the other side of a question before answering negative attacks on one's own side.

JANIS-FEYERABEND HYPOTHESIS: "Janis-Feyerabend Hypothesis states that persuasive discourse is most efficient when a person refiutes positive arguments first."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. ONE-SIDED MESSAGE
  2. VOLATILE MARRIAGE
  3. APPLIED RESEARCH
  4. ARGUMENT FRAMING
  5. SUPERSTITION
  6. RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY (REBT)
  7. PREJUDICE
  8. POLARIZATION
  9. OBJECTIVE ELABORATION
  10. REINFORCEMENT ANALYSIS
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "JANIS-FEYERABEND HYPOTHESIS," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/janis-feyerabend-hypothesis/ (accessed June 25, 2017).
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