Author Question: Researchers (Archer & McDaniel, 1995) asked teenagers from the United States and ten other ... (Read 148 times)

ENagel · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Researchers (Archer & McDaniel, 1995) asked teenagers from the United States and ten other countries to read stories about an interpersonal conflict situation, and to predict the outcome.

The data demonstrated that ________ were more likely than others to anticipate a violent outcome that was described by the researchers as lethal, gun-laden, and merciless.
a. American participants
b. frustrated participants
c. participants who had just watched a violent film
d. participants from third-world countries

Question 2

Peripheral processing of a persuasive message, as opposed to central processing, is associated with which of the following?

A) higher levels of motivation and the ability to analyze the message
B) more enduring attitude change
C) higher need for cognition
D) lower personal relevance of the topic