Selective avoidance is our tendency to ________.
A) pay particular attention to information that challenges our attitudes
B) direct our attention away from information that requires effortful processing
C) direct our attention away from information that supports our attitudes
D) direct our attention away from speakers who exhibit undesirable physical characteristics
E) direct our attention away from information that challenges our attitudes
Question 2
In the study involving the effects of caffeine and distraction on the effectiveness of persuasive messages, researchers found that ________ relevant to the arguments about the attitude object ________ in the ________ condition because ________.
A) the number of thoughts; increased; caffeine; attentional focus was higher on the arguments
B) number of thoughts; decreased; caffeine; participants focus was jangled by the effects of the caffeine
C) the level of resistance; increased; placebo; participants thought more about counterarguments
D) the number of peripheral cues; increased; caffeine; participants were distracted by them
E) the number of thoughts; increased; placebo; participants could concentrate in a relaxed way on the arguments
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