Commercial Speech

question 39

Multiple Choice

Commercial speech:

• A) would not include an advertisement for a service.
• B) must concern lawful activity and not be misleading in order to receive First Amendment protection.
• C) is more valuable than other varieties of speech.
• D) All of these.

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Definitions:

Self-serving Bias

The common human tendency to attribute positive events to one's own character but attribute negative events to external factors.

Environmental Cause

A factor in the surrounding environment that contributes to the development or outcome of a condition or event.

Dispositional Attributions

Explanations for behavior that ascribe actions to inherent personality traits rather than external situations or circumstances.

Situational Attributions

The process of explaining one's own behavior or the behavior of others by attributing it to external circumstances or situational factors.