According to the text, public health messages that are fear-based (e.g., messages about the dangers of smoking) are not always effective. They most often backfire because ____
a. they tend to be too scary, causing people to become defensive
b. people don't believe in the media anymore
c. people don't like to be put in a bad mood
d. most people are already well-educated about important public health issues
A
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a. humanist b. learning theorist c. personologist d. psychoanalyst
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a. malformations of the arms and legs. b. a small head, heart defects, and irritability. c. attention deficit disorder and die from sudden infant death syndrome. d. complications at birth and neurological deficits.