Elaboration Likelihood Model – Critical Application

When elaboration likelihood is high, the audience is more likely to engage in a central route processing.  If elaboration likelihood is low, peripheral processing is more likely to occur. (Petty & Cacioppo, 1986a, 1986b; Petty & Wegener, 1998, 1999) Central Processing - As I walked into the supermarket, my first and foremost goal was to …