Contemporary perspectives on the psychology of attitudes

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Title:

Author:

Maio, Gregory R.

ISBN:

9781841693262

Publication Information:

Hove, U.K. ; New York : Psychology Press, c2004.

Physical Description:

xviii, 469 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

"In July 2000, ... at the Gregynog Estate in the picturesque hills of mid-Wales for a meeting on the psychology on attitudes, jointly sponsored by the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology and the University of Wales."--P. 2.

Contents:

The function-structure model of attitudes : incorporating the need for affect / Gregory R. Maio ... [et al.] -- Individual differences in attitude structure / Geoffrey Haddock and Thomas L.H. Huskinson -- A theory about the translation of cognition into affect and behavior / David Trafimow and Paschal Sheeran -- Hold still while I measure your attitude : assessment in the throes of ambivalence / Steven J. Breckler -- Attitude ambivalence in the realm of politics / Howard Lavine -- The effects of attitudinal ambivalence on attention-intention-behavior relations / Christopher J. Armitage and Mark Conner -- Intention-behavior relations : a self-regulation perspective / Sheina Orbell -- An alternative view of pre-volitional processes in decision making : conceptual issues and empirical evidence / Marco Perugini and Richard P. Bagozzi -- Self-validation processes : the role of thought confidence in persuasion / Pablo Briñol and Richard E. Petty -- Coping with invalid messages by increasing or decreasing processing complexity / Yaacov Schul -- The value-account model of attitude formation / Tilmann Betsch, Henning Plessner and Elke Schallies -- The relationship between implicit attitudes and behavior : some lessons from the past, and directions for the future / Patrick T. Vargas -- The role of exemplar stability in attitude consistency and attitude change / Charles G. Lord -- Putting Humpty together again : attitude organization from a connectionist perspective / J. Richard Eiser -- Connectionist modeling of attitudes and cognitive dissonance / Karen Jordens and Frank van Overwalle -- Investigating attitudes cross-culturally : a case of cognitive dissonance among East Asians and North Americans / Etsuko Hoshino-Browne ... [et al.] -- The parametric unimodel as a theory of persuasion / Arie W. Kruglanski ... [et al.] -- Theories of attitude : creating a witches' brew / Gregory R. Maio and Geoffrey Haddock.

Abstract:

"The Attitude concept has long formed an indispensable construct in social psychology. In this volume, internationally renowned contributors review contemporary developments in research and theory to capture the current metamorphosis of this central concept." "This book draws together the latest developments in the field to provide a scholarly and accessible overview of the study of attitudes, examining the implications for its position as a paradigm of social psychological understanding. Dividing the subject into two main parts, this book first addresses the structural and behavioural properties of attitudes, including the affective-cognitive structure of attitudes, the nature of attitude ambivalence and intention-behaviour relations. The second section focuses on representational and transformational processes, such as meta-cognitive attitudinal processes, the role of implicit and explicit attitudinal processes, cultural influences and attitude change. In a third, concluding section, the Editors draw together these contemporary perspectives and elaborate on their impact for future theorising and research into attitudes." "Empirically supported throughout, this collection represents a timely integration of the burgeoning range of approaches to attitude research. It will be of interest to social psychologists, sociologists, political scientists and researchers with an interest in attitudinal phenomena."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Attitude (Psychology) -- Congresses.

Added Author:

Maio, Gregory R.

Haddock, Geoffrey.

Added Corporate Author:

European Association of Experimental Social Psychology.

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0653/2004000162-d.html
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What is an attitude? How do different research approaches characterise 'attitude' and its applications in social psychology?

The Attitude concept has long formed an indispensable construct in social psychology. In this volume, internationally renowned contributors review contemporary developments in research and theory to capture the current metamorphosis of this central concept.

This book draws together the latest developments in the field to provide a scholarly and accessible overview of the study of attitudes, examining the implications for its position as a paradigm of social psychological understanding. Dividing the subject into two main parts, this book first addresses the structural and behavioural properties of attitudes, including the affective-cognitive structure of attitudes, the nature of attitude ambivalence and intention-behaviour relations. The second section focuses on representational and transformational processes, such as meta-cognitive attitudinal processes, the role of implicit and explicit attitudinal processes, cultural influences and attitude change. In a third, concluding section, the editors draw together these contemporary perspectives and elaborate on their impact for future theorising and research into attitudes.

Empirically supported throughout, this collection represents a timely integration of the burgeoning range of approaches to attitude research. It will be of interest to social psychologists, sociologists, political scientists and researchers with an interest in attitudinal phenomena.