Studies of message discrepancy have shown that the greatest attitude change occurs when

a. discrepancy with existing attitudes is low
b. discrepancy with existing attitudes is moderate
c. discrepancy with existing attitudes is high
d. there is no discrepancy between existing attitudes and the message


Answer: B

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