Milfont (2009) found that desirable responding did not impact the self-reporting of environmental attitudes and behavior. What methodological issues might decrease the credibility of this claim?
A. Ecological behavior was self-reported instead of measuring actual behavior.
B. The sample used was made up only self-reported environmentalists.
C. Environmental attitudes were not related to environmental behavior in this study.
D. None of the above was true of the study.
MY ANSWER IS C, BUT IM NOT SURE
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I disagree.
CAN YOU HELP PLEASE?
I think A is the better answer. People tend to make themselves look better when they are self-reporting.