Can Subliminal Messages Reflexively Trigger Behavior Without Our Awareness? in 1982

question 127

Multiple Choice

Can subliminal messages reflexively trigger behavior without our awareness? In 1982, Timothy Moore reviewed the existing research and concluded that

• A) faint sexual images that advertisers routinely sneaked into visual ads were effective.
• B) the subliminal thirst primes had little impact on students whose thirst had just been quenched.
• C) participants were more likely to select and consume a subliminally advertised food product.
• D) "what you see is what you get"-nothing, "complete scams."

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