An anti-smoking advertisement that features photographs of diseased lungs, people using oxygen tanks to offset the effects of lung disease, and funerals,

but does not include information about quitting smoking, is likely to be ineffective because it will probably ________.
A) induce too much fear
B) induce a desire to smoke more among some people
C) trivialize the consequences of smoking
D) create cognitive dissonance in viewers
E) violate our social norms


Answer: A

Psychology

You might also like to view...

In the endocrine system, is to the pineal gland as is to the pancreas

a. ACTH; oxytocin b. melatonin; insulin c. epinephrine; norepinephrine d. melatonin; oxytocin e. insulin; melatonin

Psychology

As the decibels of a sound increase, the:

A. frequency decreases B. frequency increases C. amplitude decreases D. amplitude increases

Psychology

Topics of special interest to sports psychologists include which of the following?

a. control of attention b. achievement motivation c. athletic personality d. all of these

Psychology

The rare disability known as arthrogryposis is characterized by

A. a malformed and malfuncitoning nervous system B. an inability to sense gravitational forces C. an inability to perceive the interaction of body systems D. fused joints and strophied muscles

Psychology