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

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 p.)
• Disciplina: 153.8
• Soggetto topico: Attitude (Psychology); Attitude change
• Altri autori: CooperJoel CranoWilliam D. <1942-> ForgasJoseph P
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The psychology of attitudes and attitude change
• ISBN: 1-136-89778-X; 1-136-89779-8; 1-283-03715-7; 9786613037152; 0-203-84130-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827907103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology series ; ; v. 12.