TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. iii
CHAPTER 1. THINKING ABOUT CONSISTENCY: PERCEIVED
AMOUNT OF THOUGHT AS A NEW ANTECEDENT FOR
INTER-ATTITUDINAL CONSISTENCY ……………………………………………………………………….. 1
Attitudes and Intra-Attitude Components and Structure …………………………………………………. 1
Inter-attitudinal Structure ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 2
Information Processing: Elaboration, Persuasion, and Attitude Change ……………………………. 6
Elaboration and Consistency……………………………………………………………………………………… 10
Present Research ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11
Pilot Studies ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 15
CHAPTER 2. METHOD ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17
Participants……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17
Design ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 18
Procedure ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 18
Materials ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19
CHAPTER 3. RESULTS ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 23
Main Analyses ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 23
Exploratory Analyses ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 25
CHAPTER 4. DISCUSSION ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 26
CHAPTER 5. FUTURE DIRECTIONS …………………………………………………………………………… 29
REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 33
APPENDIX A. TABLES AND FIGURES ………………………………………………………………………. 37
APPENDIX B. MEASURES AND MANIPULATIONS …………………………………………………… 41
APPENDIX C. IRB APPROVAL LETTER …………………………………………………………………….. 55