Experimenters gave people strong arguments to persuade them away from a belief. Some were given coffee, others a placebo. Some were given a high distraction, others a low one. In terms of attitude change, results showed that ________
A) high distraction showed no difference between the effects of coffee and placebo conditions
B) low distraction resulted in no difference between the effects of coffee and placebo conditions
C) high and low distraction conditions produced about the same effect overall
D) low distraction produced a higher effect in the coffee compared to placebo condition
E) the coffee condition generally produced a greater focus on peripheral aspects of the message
Answer: D
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