"Priming" Is a Theory That Suggests

question 40

Multiple Choice

"Priming" is a theory that suggests

• A) while the effects of exposure may be minimal or difficult to gauge, the media are quite influential in telling the public what to think about.
• B) that viewers imitate what they view on television through observational learning.
• C) the activation of one thought also activates other thoughts and exposure to media provides cues to people on this thought-activation process.
• D) that initial conditions with only slight variations can produce widely differing outcomes.
• E) that deep-seated, long-term political attitudes had a much greater influence on the vote decision than media content.