Why are affectively based attitudes so resistant to logical persuasive attempts to change them? Affectively based attitudes are
a. often linked to values, which are difficult to change.
b. governed by knowledge of the issues.
c. the result of the same illogical source.
d. acquired by automatic processes.
Answer: A
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