The notion of lateral attitude change (LAC) suggests that counterattitudinal information about a focal object can influence attitudes toward related objects. Generalization occurs when change in attitudes toward a focal object is accompanied by change in attitudes toward related objects. Displacement occurs when attitudes toward related objects change despite no change in attitudes toward the focal object. Although there is evidence for both kinds of LAC effects, their determinants are not well understood. The current research investigated effects of (1) the relative degree of relations between attitude objects, (2) attitude certainty regarding the focal object, and (3) the extent to which attitudes toward the focal object are held with moral conviction. The results of three experiments (N = 982) suggest that changes in attitudes toward focal objects generalize to proximally related objects, but not to more distally related objects. LAC was unaffected by attitude certainty and moral conviction.

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横向态度变化的决定因素：对象相关性，态度确定性和道德信念的作用

横向姿势变化（LAC）的概念表明，有关焦点物体的反姿态信息会影响对相关物体的态度。当对焦点对象的态度变化伴随着对相关对象的态度变化时，就会发生泛化。尽管对焦点对象的态度没有变化，但对相关对象的态度发生了变化，也会发生位移。尽管有两种LAC效应的证据，但对它们的决定因素尚不十分了解。当前的研究调查了以下影响：（1）态度对象之间的相对关系程度；（2）关于焦点对象的态度确定性；以及（3）对道德对象持有态度的态度对焦点对象的态度。三个实验（N = 982）的结果表明，对焦点对象的态度变化普遍适用于近端相关对象，而不适用于更远端相关对象。LAC不受态度确定性和道德信念的影响。