Markus, G. B. (1986). Stability and change in political attitudes: Observed, recalled, and “explained”. Political behavior, 8(1), 21-44.
Using data from a panel survey of members of two generations, this study explores observed change in policy opinions across a 9-year span and respondents' recollections and explanations of their self-perceived attitude shifts. In general, remembrances corresponded poorly to opinions as originally expressed, with respondents perceiving that they were more attitudinally stable than was actually observed. When attempting to reconstruct their past political attitudes, individuals ...