Priester and Petty (2001) examined the links between participants’ subjective feelings of ambivalence toward diverse issues, their potential ambivalence toward each issue, and the discrepancy between participants’ attitudes and those of their parents and other students. Which of the following statements reflects their principal finding?
a. Feelings of ambivalence were significantly associated with discrepancies between participants’ own attitudes and those of their parents or fellow students, independently of participants’ potential ambivalence.
b. Feelings of ambivalence were significantly associated with potential ambivalence, but not with discrepancies between participants’ own attitudes and those of their parents or fellow students.
c. Feelings of ambivalence were more significantly associated with potential ambivalence than with discrepancies between participants’ own attitudes and those of their parents or fellow students.
d. Feelings of ambivalence were neither associated with potential ambivalence nor with discrepancies between participants’ own attitudes and those of their parents or fellow students.
Ans: a
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