The theory of planned behavior makes all of the following claims, EXCEPT:
A) People are more likely to perform a behavior when they evaluate it positively.
B) Individuals' intentions to perform behaviors decrease when they perceive social pressure to do so.
C) The social pressure to perform behaviors comes from the belief that important people think they should perform them.
D) The stronger an individual's intention is to engage in a behavior, the more likely that individual will be to perform the behavior.
E) When behaviors pose no serious problems of control (i.e., when they are volitional), they can accurately be predicted from intentions.

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The theory of planned behavior actually claims the opposite, that individuals' intentions to perform behaviors increase when they perceive social pressure to do so. This pressure can come from the belief that important people think they should perform the behavior (choice C). The theory also claims that the stronger an individual's intention is to engage in a behavior (choice D), the more likely that individual will be to perform the behavior. Finally, the theory states that when behaviors pose no serious problems of control, they can accurately be predicted from intentions (choice E).

The Theory of Planned Behavior Makes All of the Following