Research Shows That Inoculating People Against One Particular Argument

question 148

Multiple Choice

Research shows that inoculating people against one particular argument

• A) does not make them more resistant to other, different arguments.
• B) does make them more resistant to other, different arguments.
• C) works only if a one-sided message is used.
• D) works only if the topic or issue involves cultural truisms.

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Definitions:

Discrimination

Discrimination involves unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Impoverishment

The state of being extremely poor.

New Deal

A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States during the 1930s to restore prosperity during the Great Depression.

Rigidly Segregated

An environment or society where individuals are strictly separated based on certain characteristics, such as race.