Why Is It So Hard to Teach Adolescents to "Just

question 47

Multiple Choice

Why is it so hard to teach adolescents to "just say no" to things adults disapprove, such as drinking, smoking, and having risky sex?

• A) Unfortunately, these behaviors are typically associated with being popular.
• B) Unfortunately, adolescents are unwilling (or unable) to resist peer influence.
• C) Neither A nor B is true.
• D) Both A and B are true.

Differentiate between deceptive and permissible advertising claims.

Learn the significance of audience analysis in constructing persuasive messages.

Understand the role of evidence in supporting claims in marketing messages.

Categorize the types of appeals (logical, emotional) in persuasive messages.

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