In this example, john's whistling is serving as a discriminative stimulus.
This procedure, studied by Ivan Pavlov, shows a stimulus ( in this case the action of John's whistling) and a response ( the cattle run to the food trough).
Pavlov studied it with dogs. He realised that when a trainer fed them, dogs salivated. So, he presented the dogs with a "stimulus" ( the sound of a metronome) and when he gave the dogs food. After a few repetitions, when the dog listened to the stimulus, it salivated.
Ted has a broken limbic system in which theorist would speculate because the limbic system is the one responsible for the feelings, emotions or even moods that the brain produces in which Ted has difficulty of showing or inferring his emotions to others and self.
The answer is false, because the bandwagon technique refers to the act of persuading an audience to buy or do something (as advertised) simply because others are doing it (lots of cigarette adverts use this technique, for reference). The type of propaganda defined in your question is the testimonial propaganda: "When a famous or figure endorses and supports a product, connecting the famous person with that product."
