Judgmental and conversational processes underlying context effects in attitude surveys are explored. Most importantly, preceding questions may influence the interpretation of subsequent ones, and may determine which information respondents consider in making an attitude judgment. The conditions that moderate the emergence of assimilation and contrast effects are specified, and theoretical and applied implications are discussed.
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