1. Toward a Reconceptualization of Attitude-Behavior Consistency.
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McBroom, William H. and Reed, Fred W.
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ATTITUDE (Psychology) , *BEHAVIOR , *SOCIAL sciences , *PSYCHOLOGY , *CAUSATION (Philosophy) - Abstract
The attitude-behavior relationship has had a prominent place in social and behavioral science for more than a half-century. The initial expectations of strong asymmetrical causality have not been borne out, and contemporary research suggests that attitude-behavior consistency is a highly complex phenomenon. This paper undertakes a conceptual analysis based on the simplest longitudinal case in order to make explicit some overlooked features of the attitude-behavior relationship. Empirical examples are presented, and problems for further work are proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1992
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