World War II provided the impetus for Hovland’s attitude change research because the success of Nazi propaganda challenged American notions of Libertarianism, many "subjects" were conveniently assembled in the military, and

a) large numbers of men and women from many different walks of life had to be persuaded to work and fight together
b) new media suggested new persuasive uses
c) America needed to protect itself against the threat of Communism
d) as an immigrant nation, America was open to propaganda


a) large numbers of men and women from many different walks of life had to be persuaded to work and fight together

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This chapter suggested how race and social class or socioeconomic status (SES) can influence the likelihood of arrest. Are discrepancies in arrest for black versus white sellers and users, and lower and working class versus middle-class sellers and users, solely due to race and class bias and discrimination, or are other factors at work-for instance, use and purchase patterns and law enforcement-to-seller-and-user points of contact-that might influence these discrepancies?

What will be an ideal response?

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Girls in juvenile detention facilities are safe because they are not transferred to adult prisons.

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The ability of an individual, family, group, community, or organization to recover from adversity and resume functioning even when suffering serious trouble, confusion, or hardship

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The first step in developing a self-management program is:

a. client identifies and records target behavior. b. helper explains possible self-management strategies. c. client identifies desired behavior and direction of change. d. client selects one or more self-management strategies.

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