Wegener Et Al

Multiple Choice

Wegener et al.(1995) found that happy participants used the central route to persuasion when presented with a pro- attitudinal message,but used the peripheral route to persuasion when presented with a counter-attitudinal message. This finding suggests that

A) positive mood disrupts the ability to process persuasive information.
B) people in a positive mood rely on superficial processing strategies.
C) positive mood affects different people in different ways.
D) happy people avoid processing only if it threatens to spoil their mood.