Dan is watching television and is highly motivated to process a message delivered by a political candidate. However, he is distracted by loud noises outside his house. In this circumstance, Dan is likely to process the candidate's message:

a. through the central route.
b. through the peripheral route.
c. through controlled processing.
d. by carefully considering the quality of the arguments.


Answer: B

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