When Orson Welles broadcast War of the Worlds, a fictitious program about a hostile Martian takeover of Earth, many people who heard the program eventually believed the takeover was a real threat and panicked
The power of ________ was a major cause of this widespread panic.
a. fear-arousing communications
b. informational social influence
c. propaganda
d. normative social influence
Answer: B
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a. Plutchik b. James-Lange c. Yerkes-Dodson d. Cannon-Bard