Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister, used a technique called the "Big Lie." He knew that people begin to believe that a statement is true simply because it has been repeated a number of times. The formal name for this technique is:
A) the familiarity effect.
B) diffusion of responsibility.
C) the validity effect.
D) symbolic racism.

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The "Big Lie" technique is formally known as the validity effect, where repeated exposure to a statement increases the likelihood of it being perceived as true.

Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's Propaganda Minister, Used a Technique Called the "Big