We Can Reduce Children's Tendency to Want to Emulate Movie

question 6

Multiple Choice

We can reduce children's tendency to want to emulate movie stars that they see smoking in movies if we help the children learn that

• A) smoking is bad for you.
• B) smoking is just a random event with no particular purpose in the movie.
• C) most actors and actresses also smoke in real life.
• D) smoking in movies is really a type of advertising.

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