Some Residents in Your Town Want to Build a New

question 49

Multiple Choice

Some residents in your town want to build a new elementary school,but others do not.You are leaning toward the pro-school camp.One day,you receive a flyer from the pro-school camp that warns you that the anti-school camp is going to hold a demonstration at a local park.The flyer briefly summarizes how the anti-school camp will attack the pro-school position.Further,the flyer asks you to think about how you can refute the attack before the demonstration occurs.The pro-school camp's strategy is an example of ________,and it should ________ your resistance to stronger,more detailed attacks if you end up attending the demonstration.

• A) attitude inoculation; decrease
• B) attitude inoculation; increase
• C) thought polarization; increase
• D) thought polarization; decrease