Multiple Choice
In the study involving the effects of caffeine and distraction on the effectiveness of persuasive messages,researchers found that ________ relevant to the arguments about the attitude object ________ in the ________ condition because ________.
A) the number of thoughts;increased;caffeine;attentional focus was higher on the arguments
B) number of thoughts;decreased;caffeine;participants focus was jangled by the effects of the caffeine
C) the level of resistance;increased;placebo;participants thought more about counterarguments
D) the number of peripheral cues;increased;caffeine;participants were distracted by them
E) the number of thoughts;increased;placebo;participants could concentrate in a relaxed way on the arguments
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