Traumatic Events Such as Terrorist Attacks Can Be a Serious

question 35

True/False

Traumatic events such as terrorist attacks can be a serious setback and cause organizations to fall back on more traditional methods of doing business and in some cases eliminate community policing.

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Source Credibility

The degree to which the audience perceives a message’s source as expert and trustworthy.

Attitudes

Psychological constructs represented by evaluations of a particular person, behavior, belief, or object that are positive, negative, or neutral.

Central Route

A concept in the Elaboration Likelihood Model of persuasion that involves the thorough and thoughtful consideration of arguments leading to attitude change.

Persuasion

The process of influencing someone's beliefs, attitudes, intentions, motivations, or behaviors through communication and various techniques.