Marketers working for the Department of Health were surprised to learn that a message stating that “cycling burns hundreds of calories” led to lower levels of cycling. You laugh because you know that ______.
a. message impact can reflect changes in beliefs not targeted within a message
b. McGuire’s stages of processing show how difficult it is to elicit behavior change
c. Reactance Theory predicts a negative impact of such messages
d. the message makes cycling seem too easy
Ans: a
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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