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 …