Experimenters Gave People Strong Arguments to Persuade Them Away from a Belief.Some

question 37

Multiple Choice

Experimenters gave people strong arguments to persuade them away from a belief.Some were given coffee,others a placebo.Some were given a high distraction,others a low one.In terms of attitude change,results showed that ________.

• A)high distraction showed no difference between the effects of coffee and placebo conditions
• B)low distraction resulted in no difference between the effects of coffee and placebo conditions
• C)high and low distraction conditions produced about the same effect overall
• D)low distraction produced a higher effect in the coffee compared to placebo condition
• E)the coffee condition generally produced a greater focus on peripheral aspects of the message

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