Question

Fidan wrecked his dad's car. When his dad got home from work, Fidan met him at the door with a cold beer and his favorite magazine. The smell from his dad's favorite meal was wafting through the house, and his dad's favorite CD was playing. Fidan is trying to use ________ to get his father to think of him as a good, responsible son before he tells him about the car.

Answer 1

priming

Step-by-step explanation:

Priming: In psychology, the term "priming" is described as a technique whereby the presentation of one stimulus tends to influence the way an individual responds to a "subsequent stimulus". Priming usually works by initiating a representation or an association in memory just before some other task or stimulus is being introduced.

In other words, priming tends to happen when exposure to one particular thing can alter thoughts or behavior later.

In the question above, the given statement represents "priming".