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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791858403321

Titolo

The psychology of attitudes and attitude change / / edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Joel Cooper, William D. Crano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-89778-X

1-136-89779-8

1-283-03715-7

9786613037152

0-203-84130-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Collana

The Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology series ; ; v. 12

Altri autori (Persone)

CooperJoel

CranoWilliam D. <1942->

ForgasJoseph P

Disciplina

153.8

Soggetti

Attitude (Psychology)

Attitude change

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Introduction and basic issues -- section 2. Attitudes : cognitive and affective practices -- section 3. Attitudes and persuasion -- section 4. Applications and implications of attitude research.

Sommario/riassunto

Human beings have a unique ability to create elaborate predispositions and evaluations based on their social experiences. The concept of attitudes is central to understanding how experience gives rise to these predispositions, and psychologists have spent the best part of the past 100 years trying to understand the intricacies of this process. Yet, despite decades of research, we still do not fully understand how attitudes are created, maintained and changed. The main objective of this book is to review and integrate some of the most recent, cutting-edge developments in research on a