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COMM 450 EXAM 3 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
1. What is the Fear as Drive theory? - correct answer -Fear
creates an uncomfortable feeling that motivates people to
reduce it by taking action.
2. What is the Parallel Response Model? - correct answer -It
describes two responses: danger control (taking action) and
fear control (ignoring the threat).
3. What does Protection Motivation Theory evaluate? - correct
answer -Severity, vulnerability, response efficacy, and self-
efficacy to determine protective action.
4. What is the Extended Parallel Process Model? - correct answer
-It states that fear appeals may be ignored if they seem
insignificant to the audience.
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5. What are the two ways people process fear messages? -
correct answer -Systematically (central processing) and
heuristically (cognitive shortcuts).
6. How do people typically respond to messages that threaten
their self-esteem? - correct answer -They may not take it
personally and change their behavior, or they may downplay
the threat.
7. Why do students overestimate the frequency of campus
drinking? - correct answer -Due to media, advertisements, and
social activities that exaggerate perceptions.
8. What is the Theory of Planned Behavior? - correct answer -It
explains how subjective norms influence behavior based on
expectations from important others.
9. What are descriptive norms? - correct answer -Beliefs about
what most people do in a situation.
COMM 450 EXAM 3 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
1. What is the Fear as Drive theory? - correct answer -Fear
creates an uncomfortable feeling that motivates people to
reduce it by taking action.
2. What is the Parallel Response Model? - correct answer -It
describes two responses: danger control (taking action) and
fear control (ignoring the threat).
3. What does Protection Motivation Theory evaluate? - correct
answer -Severity, vulnerability, response efficacy, and self-
efficacy to determine protective action.
4. What is the Extended Parallel Process Model? - correct answer
-It states that fear appeals may be ignored if they seem
insignificant to the audience.
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5. What are the two ways people process fear messages? -
correct answer -Systematically (central processing) and
heuristically (cognitive shortcuts).
6. How do people typically respond to messages that threaten
their self-esteem? - correct answer -They may not take it
personally and change their behavior, or they may downplay
the threat.
7. Why do students overestimate the frequency of campus
drinking? - correct answer -Due to media, advertisements, and
social activities that exaggerate perceptions.
8. What is the Theory of Planned Behavior? - correct answer -It
explains how subjective norms influence behavior based on
expectations from important others.
9. What are descriptive norms? - correct answer -Beliefs about
what most people do in a situation.
