When the Affordable Care Act was first implemented, politicians and media outlets opposed to it referred to it as “Obamacare” rather than the Affordable Care Act. In essence, they were trying to use ____ to persuade individuals it was a bad idea.?
a. ?the peripheral route
b. ?cognitive dissonance
c. ?the central route
d. ?obedience
ANSWER:
a
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