Attitudes and attitude change / / Gerd Bohner and Michaela Wanke

• Autore: Bohner Gerd <1959-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Disciplina: 153.8/5
• Soggetto topico: Attitude (Psychology); Attitude change
• Altri autori: WankeMichaela
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Series preface; Part I Basic issues in attitude research; 1 What is an attitude, and why is it important?; What is an attitude?; Why do people have attitudes?; Research applying attitude functions; Why study attitudes?; Overview of the book; Chapter summary; Exercises; Note; Further reading; 2 The measurement of attitudes; The concept of measurement; Direct measurement; How do we know if the measurement is good?; Indirect measurement; Implicit attitudes: A conceptual case for indirect attitude measurement ; Chapter summaryExercises; Notes; Further reading; 3 Beyond valence: Structure and strength; Intra-attitudinal structure; Inter-attitudinal structure; Attitude strength; Concluding comments; Chapter summary; Exercises; Notes; Further reading; Part II Where do attitudes come from?; 4 Nature and nurture as sources of attitudes; Genetic influences; Attitudes may be acquired; Concluding comment; Chapter summary; Exercises; Notes; Further reading; 5 Attitudes as temporary constructions; Context influences on information retrieval for attitude construction; Context influences on evaluations ; How the judgment is put together: Context influences on information useAttitudes as temporary constructions versus stable entities: A critical appraisal; Chapter summary; Exercises; Notes; Further reading; 6 Persuasion: I. From effortless judgments to complex processing; Persuasion processes that require little cognitive effort; Persuasion through more effortful processing; Chapter summary; Exercises; Notes; Further reading; 7 Persuasion: II. The dual-processing approach; The elaboration likelihood model; The heuristic-systematic model; Concluding remarks on dual-processing accounts ; Chapter summaryExercises; Notes; Further reading; 8 Behaviour influences on attitudes; When sanctions or incentives backfire: Reactance and overjustification; Incentives versus cognitive dissonance; Behaviour-induced attitude change and processing effort; Chapter summary; Exercises; Note; Further reading; Part III Consequences of attitudes; 9 Attitude influences on information processing; Theoretical assumptions guiding research on attitude-processing links: Consistency, function and structure; Attitude effects on attention, encoding and exposure; Attitude effects on judgment and elaboration ; Attitude effects on memoryConclusion: Attitudes predict information processing; Chapter summary; Exercises; Further reading; 10 Attitude influences on behaviour; Do attitudes predict behaviour?; When do attitudes predict behaviour?; Expectancy-value models: Attitudes toward behaviour and other determinants of behaviour; Two processes by which attitudes guide behaviour: The MODE model; Conclusion: Attitudes do predict behaviour (but do they cause it?); Chapter summary; Exercises; Further reading; Part IV Postscript; 11 What's left?; Glossary; References; Author index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: Attitudes - cognitive representations of our evaluation of ourselves, other people, things, actions, events, ideas - and attitude change have been a central concern in social psychology since the discipline began. People can - and do - have attitudes on an infinite range of things but what are attitudes, how do we form them and how can they be modified? This book provides the student with a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the basic issues in the psychological study of attitudes. Drawing on research from Europe and the USA it presents up-to-date coverage of the key issues
• Titolo autorizzato: Attitudes and attitude change
• ISBN: 0-86377-779-1; 1-315-78478-5; 1-317-71554-3; 1-317-71555-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822313803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Social psychology (Philadelphia, Pa.)