Chaiken and Baldwin (1981) Demonstrated That People Would Infer Their

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Multiple Choice

Chaiken and Baldwin (1981) demonstrated that people would infer their attitude towards an issue based on the way in which they had been asked questions about it, for example, perceivers asked about pro-environmental practices thought they were more environmentally friendly than those asked about anti-environmental practices.
This effect was more likely if the perceiver ______.

• A) didn't care about the environment
• B) had very strong attitudes about environmental issues
• C) had weak attitudes about the environment
• D) was female

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