Results of studies such as the one concerning the legal drinking age demonstrate that:
a. there is no way of predicting behaviour from attitudes
b. behaviour is influenced by much more than one specific attitude
c. attitudes toward legal issues can't relate to people's behaviour in any significant way
d. attitudes are consistent with behaviour only on private issues
e. attitude–behaviour consistency is determined by age
Ans: b
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