How Might Television Advertisements Affect a Person's Decision to Seek

question 34

Multiple Choice

How might television advertisements affect a person's decision to seek treatment for depression?

• A) Television advertisements teach people what treatments are available.
• B) Television advertisements only help encourage people with severe depression to seek help.
• C) Television advertisements help to "normalize" the treatments of mental disorders making people more likely to seek help.
• D) Television advertisements do not affect people's decisions to seek treatment.

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Definitions:

Weber's Law

A principle in psychology that proposes the smallest change in a stimulus that can be detected is proportional to the intensity of the original stimulus.

Sensation Strength

The intensity level at which a stimulus is perceived, influenced by physical properties and individual sensitivity.

Psychological Magnitude

A concept in psychology that refers to the perceived size, amount, or intensity of a psychological attribute.

Weber Fraction

A principle stating that the just noticeable difference between two stimuli is proportional to the magnitude of the stimuli, a fundamental concept in psychophysics.