ACTING ON ONES ATTITUDES - THE ROLE OF A HISTORY OF CHOOSING SITUATIONS

Three investigations examined the contributions of a history of choosi ng attidudinally relevant situations to attitude-behavior relations. S tudy 1 showed that differing histories of choosing attitudinally relev ant situations were predictive of differing degrees of willingness to engage in an attitudinally consistent behavior for low self-monitors b ut not for high self-monitors. Study 2 showed that manipulated frequen cy of attitude expression increased attitude accessibility for low, bu t not for high, self-monitors. Study 3 showed that histories of choosi ng attitudinally relevant situations were predictive of attitude acces sibility for low self-monitors but not for high self-monitors. Theoret ical implications of these findings are discussed.