Which of the following statements best summarizes the relations between attitudes and behavior in Fazio and Williams’s (1986) examination of attitudes toward U.S. presidential candidates?

a. Attitudes were weak predictors of actual voting behavior
b. Attitudes were strong predictors of actual voting behavior, but only when the attitudes were easy to retrieve from memory
c. Attitudes were strong predictors of actual voting behavior, but they were even stronger predictors when the attitudes were more accessible from memory.
d. Attitudes were strong predictors of actual voting behavior, but more so when attitudes were highly accessible and held with high certainty.


Ans: d

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