Which of these is the best example of the sleeper effect in attempts to influence voters on the topic of building a new interstate highway?
a) The presentation has no effect until the audience thinks about it much later.
b) Many of the people who attended a meeting found it to be so dull that they napped during the presentation.
c) Few people attended the meeting because they are resolved to let the politicians make decisions they were elected to make.
d) You change your mind to support the highway but do not remember that the construction industry was supporting the highway at the meeting.
D
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a. frustration c. burnout b. anxiety d. avoidance