Fear-Arousing Messages Are Effective If They

question 148

Multiple Choice

Fear-arousing messages are effective if they

• A)tell people how to avoid the danger.
• B)raise a moderate but not high level of fear.
• C)are presented by similar rather than dissimilar communicators.
• D)follow the peripheral rather than the central route of persuasion.

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