Which of the following is true of advertising?

A) Teenagers are more critical of advertisements than are older adults.
B) The average child sees approximately 40,000 television commercials a year.
C) Children under the age of eight can usually recognize the purpose of an advertisement.
D) Children easily resist advertisements that play on their need for peer acceptance.

Advertising

The activity or profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services.

Peer Acceptance

The degree to which an individual is accepted or regarded positively by their peers or social group.

Television Commercials

Short segments of television programming produced and paid for by an organization, which convey a message, typically to market a product or service.