Sergio compliments his coach on his "good judgment, his "ability to see beyond what happens on the field", and his "knack for motivating players" in an effort to prevent himself from being cut from the team. which verbal power ploy describes sergio's comments best?

ingratiation

Explanation:

ingratiation is a psychological technique that is conducted by making our target like us first before we try to influence our target to do something or adopt a certain way of thinking (this is what sergio does when he praises his coach for his good judgement).

When we like someone, we are more likely to become biased and might ignore the negative aspects that exist in that person. This will make us lower our guard and become much easier to be influenced.

world war i had a devastating effect on german-americans and their cultural heritage. up until that point   german-americans, as a group, had been spared much of the discrimination, abuse, rejection, collective mistrust experienced by so many different racial and ethnic groups in the history of the united states. indeed, over the years, they had been viewed as a well integrated and esteemed part of american society. all of this change with the outbreak of war.