In the context of reconstructing past attitudes, researchers had students write essays opposing student control over university curricula. When asked to recall how they had felt about the same issue a week earlier most of the students
A) remembered having held a very different attitude.
B) could not remember how they had felt.
C) mistakenly "remembered" having felt the same as they do now.
D) admitted they had always supported student control of university curricula but pretended to oppose it in their essays.

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The text states that the researchers had the students write essays opposing student control over university curricula. This suggests that the students were asked to take a position that was different from their own beliefs. Therefore, it is likely that when asked to recall how they had felt about the same issue a week earlier, most of the students mistakenly "remembered" having felt the same as they do now, as this would be consistent with the position they took in their essays.

In the Context of Reconstructing Past Attitudes, Researchers Had Students