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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooper, Joel.

Crano, William D., 1942-

Forgas, Joseph P.

Series:

Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology series ; v. 12.

The Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology series ; v. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Attitude (Psychology).

Attitude change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Psychology Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-89778-X

1-136-89779-8

1-283-03715-7

9786613037152

0-203-84130-1

OCLC:

705929252