Author Question: McGuire and Papageorgis (1961) conducted a study of the inoculation defense and found that the ... (Read 65 times)

future617RT · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

McGuire and Papageorgis (1961) conducted a study of the inoculation defense and found that the participants who were least influenced by a strong attack on their initial attitudes were those who

a. had received initial support for their position
b. had their position attacked weakly and refuted it
c. had been rewarded for creating supportive arguments
d. were distracted before having their position attacked

Question 2

Michelle wants to design a public service announcement that will encourage adolescents not to smoke cigarettes. Research on fear arousal suggests that she should

a. make the ad moderately frightening
b. make the ad as frightening as possible
c. not make the ad frightening at all
d. only use fear arousal if the ad will use very strong arguments