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recipient factors

characteristics of a person receiving a persuasive message that influence the extent to which he or she is persuaded. Recipient factors include such characteristics as intelligence, self-esteem, and need for cognition.

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May 4th 2024

photopsin

photopsin

n. any of three different proteins found, in combination with 11-cis retinal, in retinal cones. See iodopsin.