What Mechanism Accounts for the Effects of Role-Playing on Attitudes

question 99

Multiple Choice

What mechanism accounts for the effects of role-playing on attitudes?

• A) Role-playing affects attitudes because audience factors are more powerful than source factors.
• B) Role-playing affects attitudes because cognitive dissonance accounts for persuasion better than self-perception theory does.
• C) Role-playing affects attitudes because behaviour can influence attitudes.
• D) Role-playing affects attitudes because elaboration is an important mechanism of persuasion.

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