Inoculation Theory Makes All of the Following Claims, EXCEPT

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Multiple Choice

Inoculation theory makes all of the following claims, EXCEPT:

• A) People can be inoculated against persuasive messages.
• B) Inoculation is a preventative strategy.
• C) Inoculation can protect only attitudes or beliefs that are already in place.
• D) Exposing people to arguments that weakly threaten their attitudes, and then refuting those arguments, enhances people's own abilities to protect their attitudes.
• E) When it comes to involvement, inoculation messages work best at high levels of involvement.

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