conditions
What was changed between the near and far groups
where the speaker stood
This is what the study wanted to find out: does audience ______ affect persuasion?
seating
What was the main topic researchers wanted to study
how distance affected persuasion
The closer the speaker was, the more _____ the message became
Persuasive
The study looked at how close people sit to each other and to the ______.
Speaker
this kind of message was given to all participants
persuasive message
When participants were closer to the speaker, the report said that they were more attentive (true or false)
True
This subject, not public speaking, inspired early ideas about crowd behavior.
Psychology
The researcher measured persuasion by checking what afterwards?
attitude or opinion changed
The farther away a speaker was, the less ___ their speech was
engaging or effective
Before this study, the old ideas about seating had almost no ______ to support them.
evidence
What was the key variable that changed between groups
the distance between the speaker and the audience
What was the main measure outcome of the experiment?
attitude change
The researchers wanted to test real seating ideas instead of just trusting old ______.
assumptions
The main conclusion: being closer does this to persuasion.
makes it stronger