You want to have a talk with your younger sister about the dangers of drugs.You begin the discussion by saying,"Now,your friends are probably going to tell you that only people with problems to begin with get into trouble with drugs and that you're a chicken if you don't get high with them,but...." You have just used _______ to persuade her to avoid experimenting with drugs.

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By presenting a counter-argument that her sister might hear from her peers and then presumably countering that argument, the speaker is using attitude inoculation. This technique involves exposing people to weak versions of a persuasive argument to help them build up defenses against stronger versions of the argument.

You Want to Have a Talk with Your Younger Sister