Which of the following statements is a valid criticism of Wicker’s (1969) pessimistic conclusions about attitude-behavior relations?
a. Wicker only looked at 20 studies.
b. Many of the studies he reviewed contained imprecise measures of attitude and behavior.
c. Wicker obtained an average correlation (r = .35) that was stronger than he labelled it.
d. both Wicker only looked at 20 studies and Many of the studies he reviewed contained imprecise measures of attitude and behavior.
Ans: b
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