In Their Research on the Effects of Fear Arousal in Politics

In their research on the effects of fear arousal in politics, Mark Landau and others (2004) found that college students expressed more support for then-President George W. Bush and his policies when

A) the central route to persuasion was significantly more in use compared to the peripheral route.
B) the peripheral route was used intermittently with an in-depth political message repeated at intervals.
C) reminded of their own mortality or subliminally exposed to images of 9/11 than when they were not.
D) there were no specific instructions on how to cope with the aftermath of 9/11, thus leaving people panic-stricken and feeling helpless.