Download or read book Perspectives on Attitude Assessment written by H. Wallace Sinaiko and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contemporary Perspectives on the Psychology of Attitudes written by Geoffrey Haddock and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empirically supported throughout, this collection represents a timely integration of the burgeoning range of approaches to attitude research by expert contributors to the field.
Download or read book Perspectives on Attitude Assessment Surveys and Their Alternatives Proceedings of a Conference Held at The Bishop s Lodge Santa Fe New Mexico on April 22 24 1975 written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics include: A review of survey research in the Navy and other services; a review of the concepts of attitudes and attitudes in relation to behaviors; the institutionalization of surveys; decision criteria for conducting surveys; legal, ethical, and practical issues in survey research; legislation affecting surveys; experience with unobtrusive measures as survey alternatives; social observational techniques, archaeological methods applied to the understanding of contemporary society; physiological and their attitudinal correlates; ECHO, a method for estimating value systems in different cultures; multi-method research approaches to a single problem; field experimentation techniques as complementary to surveys; the protection of the rights of human subjects; and the randomized response method. Lists of participants, workshops, and 'special interest groups, ' and summary papers, are included.
Download or read book Perspectives on Attitude Assessment written by H. Wallace Sinaiko and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics include: A review of survey research in the Navy and other services; a review of the concepts of attitudes and attitudes in relation to behaviors; the institutionalization of surveys; decision criteria for conducting surveys; legal, ethical, and practical issues in survey research; legislation affecting surveys; experience with unobtrusive measures as survey alternatives; social observational techniques, archaeological methods applied to the understanding of contemporary society; physiological and their attitudinal correlates; ECHO, a method for estimating value systems in different cultures; multi-method research approaches to a single problem; field experimentation techniques as complementary to surveys; the protection of the rights of human subjects; and the randomized response method. Lists of participants, workshops, and 'special interest groups, ' and summary papers, are included.
Download or read book Attitude Structure and Function written by Anthony R. Pratkanis and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilizing "new wave" research including new psychological theories, new statistical techniques, and a stronger methodology, this collection unites a diversity of recent research perspectives on attitudes and the psychological functions of an attitude. The objective of the editors was to bring together the bits and pieces of validated data into one systematic and adequate set of general principles leading to the view of attitudes as predictions. As the volume reformulates old concepts, explores new angles, and seeks a relationship among various sub-areas, it also shows improvements in the sophistication of research designs and methodologies, the specifications of variables, and the precision in defining concepts.
Download or read book Attitude Strength written by Richard E. Petty and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social psychologists have long recognized the possibility that attitudes might differ from one another in terms of their strength, but only recently had the profound implications of this view been explored. Yet because investigators in the area were pursuing interesting but independent programs of research exploring different aspects of strength, there was little articulation of assumptions underlying the work, and little effort to establish a common research agenda. The goals of this book are to highlight these assumptions, to review the discoveries this work has produced, and to suggest directions for future work in the area. The chapter authors include individuals who have made significant contributions to the published literature and represent a diversity of perspectives on the topic. In addition to providing an overview of the broad area of attitude strength, particular chapters deal in depth with specific features of attitudes related to strength and integrate the diverse bodies of relevant theory and empirical evidence. The book will be of interest to graduate students initiating work on attitudes as well as to longstanding scholars in the field. Because of the many potential directions for application of work on attitude strength to amelioration of social problems, the book will be valuable to scholars in various applied disciplines such as political science, marketing, sociology, public opinion, and others studying attitudinal phenomena.
Download or read book Attitudes and Related Psychosocial Constructs written by Lewis Aiken and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2002-02-12 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I would find this book a tempting alternative to my current text for two reasons: its coverage of more recent research and theorizing... and its focus on applications of attitude measurement and survey research to a number of very important practical issues." — RICHARD HARRIS, University of New Mexico Attitudes have a major impact on behavior and one′s ability to manage and adapt to change while also influencing the behavior of others. This text provides a compact but comprehensive research-oriented treatment of attitudes and related psychosocial constructs (values, opinions, beliefs, and personal orientations). It focuses on the meaning, measurement, and utility of attitudes in various applied settings, such as education or the workplace. The topics explored include social and personal matters such as prejudice and discrimination, illness and disability, death and dying, poverty and unemployment, conflict and violence, schools and teachers, work and retirement, and politics, religion, and morality. The book will prove valuable to both students and professionals who find themselves involved with measuring, evaluating, and modifying attitudes.
Download or read book The Psychology of Attitudes written by Alice Hendrickson Eagly and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 1993 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only truly comprehensive advanced level textbook in the past 20 years designed for courses in the pscyhology of attitudes and related studies in attitude measurement, social cognition. Written by two of the most distinguished scholars in the field, its comprehensive coverage of classic and modern research and theory is unsurpassed.
Download or read book Environmentalists written by Lester W. Milbrath and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1985-06-30 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a groundbreaking study, Lester Milbrath argues the need for a deep change in our belief structure. Environmentalists: Vanguard for a New Society describes a revolution in process. Basing his work on the views of modern environmentalists, Milbrath delineates a new social paradigm—a new understanding and revised values—to show how the world functions in a way different from what our institutions and culture presuppose. It is a book about our civilization, the human condition, and the quality of life. Many of the ideas and much of the evidence in this volume are derived from a three-nation study of environmental beliefs and values. Teams of scholars in England, Germany, and the United States distributed questionnaires to the general public, and to public officials, business and labor leaders, and environmentalists. The answers to these questions are tabulated and the inferences are drawn in this timely study, which is certain to provoke controversy and a reconsideration of basic beliefs.
Download or read book Attitudes And Persuasion written by Richard E Petty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a needed survey of a truly remarkable number of different theoretical approaches to the related phenomena of attitude and belief change. It focuses on variable perspective theory which is far more deserving of attention than the present level of research activity.
Download or read book The Psychology of Attitudes and Attitude Change written by Gregory R. Maio and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2018-10-27 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third edition explores the scientific methods that are used to better understand attitudes and how they change, updated to reflect the flurry of research activity in this dynamic subject over the past few years. Providing the fundamental concepts for understanding attitudes, with a balanced consideration of all approaches, the book pulls together many diverse threads from research across the world. Key features: Research highlights illustrate interesting and important case studies and their findings Recap ′What we have learned′ and ′What do you think?′ questions at the end of chapters get students thinking Key terms and a glossary help students get up to speed with terminology Even more international in scope – with research drawn from many countries and a stronger European perspective New research in areas such as hypocrisy, persuasion, matching and evaluative conditioning has been considered and included, showing the flourishing nature of this subject area Online resources including multiple choice questions, journal articles and flashcards for students, and PowerPoint slides and essay questions for lecturers to use for teaching ideas, available at study.sagepub.com/psychofattitudes3e
Download or read book Psychological Foundations of Attitudes written by Anthony G. Greenwald and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychological Foundations of Attitudes presents various approaches and theories about attitudes. The book opens with a chapter on the development of attitude theory from 1930 to 1950. This is followed by separate chapters on the principles of the attitude-reinforcer-discriminative system; a systematic test of a learning theory analysis of interpersonal attraction; a "spread of effect" in attitude formation; Hullian learning theory; and possible origins of learned attitudinal cognitions. Subsequent chapters deal with mechanisms through which attitudes can function as both independent and dependent variables in the attitude-behavior link; and the problem of how people go about applying a summary label to their attitudes and the reciprocal effects that rating has on the content of attitude. The final chapters discuss a commodity theory that relates selective social communication to value formation; the freedoms there are in regard to attitudes; attitude change occasioned by actions which are discrepant from one's previously existing attitudes or values; and the conflict-theory approach to attitude change.
Download or read book A Categorical Perspective on Attitudes written by Christopher Jeffrey Bechler and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attitudes and categorical perception are two of the most studied topics in psychology and marketing. Indeed, both areas have been around for decades (at a minimum) and researchers have published hundreds if not thousands of articles on the topics. Surprisingly, though, these two literatures have largely advanced in isolation. This dissertation represents an initial step toward integrating the two. Across four essays, I draw from findings in categorical perception to answer important outstanding questions in the attitudes domain. In Essay 1 (Bechler, Tormala, & Rucker, 2019), I examine the role that categorical perception plays in how people perceive attitude change. Surprisingly, despite the vast research on attitude change and persuasion, as a field we have virtually zero insight into perceived attitude change--that is, how people assess the magnitude of a shift in someone's attitude or opinion. Across six primary experiments and a series of supplemental studies (total N = 2,880), I find consistent support for a qualitative change hypothesis, whereby qualitative attitude change (change of valence, or category; e.g., from negative to positive) is perceived as greater than otherwise equivalent non-qualitative attitude change (change within valence; e.g., from negative to less negative or from positive to more positive). This effect is mediated by ease of processing: Qualitative attitude change is easier for people to detect and understand than non-qualitative attitude change, and this ease amplifies the degree of perceived change. I examine downstream consequences of this effect and discuss theoretical, methodological, and practical implications. Essay 2 (Bechler, Tormala, & Rucker, 2020) builds upon the result from Essay 1. In Essay 2, I examine how perceived attitude change--which is influenced by category boundaries (Essay 1)--affects how individuals choose the targets of their persuasion. Although advocacy is a topic of increasing import in the attitudes literature, researchers know little to nothing about how people (i.e., persuaders) choose their targets (i.e., the recipients of their advocacy). Four main experiments and six supplemental studies (total N = 3,684) demonstrate that people prefer to direct persuasion efforts toward individuals who seem poised to shift their attitudes qualitatively (i.e., categorically; e.g., from negative to positive) rather than non-qualitatively (e.g., from positive to more positive). This preference stems from the fact that qualitative attitude change is perceived as greater in magnitude and expected to have a larger impact on behavior. These findings provide initial insight into the factors that drive persuasion target selection, and are inconsistent with what past persuasion research, conventional marketing wisdom, and my empirical evidence suggests persuaders should do. People tend to select persuasion targets they believe they can change qualitatively, but at least sometimes can have more persuasive impact by targeting individuals who are already leaning in their direction. In Essay 3 (Bechler & Tormala, 2021), I extend the basic ideas from Essay 2 and apply them to coronavirus-related topics and behaviors, such as wearing a mask/face covering in public. Across three experiments (total N = 1,595), I find that people who strongly support this behavior generally try to persuade others who are slightly against the behavior, in line with the results from Essay 2. However, also replicating the results from Essay 2, strong supporters can have more persuasive impact by targeting people who are already slightly in favor but could be shifted to a more extreme position. In Essay 4 (Bechler, Tormala, & Rucker, forthcoming), I explore the influence of categorical perception on the attitude-behavior relationship. The relationship between attitudes and behavior has been highly researched, and the vast majority of this research merely considers the possibility that the relationship is linear. However, observations from 3,128 Mechanical Turkers and 321,876 online reviews demonstrate that this relationship is systematically nonlinear. Across diverse topics, measures, and contexts, as attitudes move from extremely negative to extremely positive, the corresponding shift in behavior tends to be relatively flat at first (as attitude move from extremely to moderately negative), to steepen when attitudes cross neutral and shift from negative to positive, and to taper off again as attitudes move from moderately to extremely positive. This result can be explained based on research on categorical perception. Essay 4 suggests a fundamental pivot in how researchers construe, study, and assess the attitude-behavior relationship. Collectively, in these four essays, I ask important outstanding questions in psychology and marketing. How do people perceive attitude change? How do people choose the targets of persuasive messages/advertisements and how can these targeting decisions be improved? How do attitudes guide behavior? I employ a categorical perspective to provide important and initial answers to these questions. Even though attitudes are frequently measured continuously, people often perceive them categorically. As such, people tend to perceive attitude change as larger when it crosses category boundaries, tend to choose targets whose attitudes are poised to shift across category boundaries, and tend to exhibit greater differences in behavior when their attitudes are around category boundaries. Essays 1 and 2 (Chapters 1 and 2) of this dissertation were published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Essay 3 (Chapter 3) was published in the Journal of the Association of Consumer Research, and Essay 4 (Chapter 4) is forthcoming in Psychological Science. I am the first author in each of these essays. Each essay employs the use of first-person plural pronouns to emphasize the critical contributions made by my collaborators.
Download or read book Attitude Measurements in Science Education written by Dr. Myint Swe Khine and published by IAP. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research into how students’ attitudes affect learning of science related subjects have been one of the core areas of interest by science educators. The development in science education records various attempts in measuring attitudes and determining the correlations between behaviour, achievements, career aspirations, gender identity and cultural inclination. Some researchers noted that attitudes can be learned and teachers can encourage students to like science subjects through persuasion. But some view that attitude is situated in context and it is much to do with upbringing and environment. The critical role of attitude is well recognized in advancing science education, in particular designing curriculum and choosing powerful pedagogies and nurturing students. Since Noll’ (1935) seminal work on measuring the scientific attitudes, a steady stream of research papers that describe development and validation of scales appear in scholarly publications. Despite these efforts the progress in this area has been stagnated by limited understanding of the conception about attitude, dimensionality and inability to determine the multitude of variables that made up such concept. This book makes an attempt to take stock and critically examine the classical views on science attitudes and explore the contemporary attempts in measuring science related attitudes. The chapters in this book are reflection of researchers who work tirelessly in promoting science education and will illuminate the current trends and future scenarios in attitude measurement.
Download or read book Attitudes and Attitude Change in Special Education written by Reginald Lanier Jones and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve papers address issues of attitudes towards handicapped persons. The authors were invited to summarize and critically evaluate the literature in their area of expertise, including their own research. Contributions touch on measurement and methodological issues as well as other topics. The following papers are included: "Attitudes and Attitude Change in Special Education" (R. Jones and S. Guskin); "Perspectives and Issues in the Study of Attitudes" (H. Triandis, J. Adamopoulos, D. Watts); "Approaches to the Measurement of Attitude" (R. Dawes); "Sociometric Research in Special Education" (D. MacMillan and G. Morrison); "Classroom Learning Structure and Attitudes toward Handicapped Students in Mainstream Settings: A Theoretical Model and Research Evidence" (D. Johnson and R. Johnson); "Attitudes toward Mentally Retarded Children" (J. Gottlieb, L. Corman, R. Curci); "Attitudes toward the Learning Disabled in School and Home" (B. Reid); "Children's Attitudes toward Emotionally Disturbed Peers" (C. Chiba); "Attitudes toward the Physically Disabled" (J. Siller); "Attitudes of Educators toward the Handicapped" (J. Jamieson); and "Modifying Attitudes toward the Handicapped: A Review of the Literature and Methodology" (A. Towner). (CL)
Download or read book The Psychology of Attitudes and Attitude Change written by Gregory R. Maio and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two world-leading academics in the field of attitudes research, is a brand new textbook that gets to the very heart of this fascinating and far-reaching field. Greg Maio and Geoffrey Haddock describe how scientific methods have been used to better understand attitudes and how they change. With the aid of a few helpful metaphors, the text provides readers with a grasp of the fundamental concepts for understanding attitudes and an appreciation of the scientific challenges that lay ahead.
Download or read book Perspectives on Behaviour written by Harry Ayers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a practical guide to the following eight perspectives on behaviour: biological - focusing on biological and biochemical processes in accounting for behaviour; behavioural (or behaviourist) - focusing on overt, observable and measurable behaviours and their reinforcement in accounting for behaviour; cognitive (or cognitive-behavioural) - focusing on cognitive processes (beliefs, attitudes, expectations and attributions) in accounting for behaviour; combines both the cognitive and the behavioural perspective; social learning - focusing on observational learning, perceived self-efficacy and expectancies in accounting for behaviour; psychodynamic - focusing on unconscious conflicts in early childhood as accounting for current behaviour; humanistic - focusing on low self-esteem and problems in coping with and exploring feelings in accounting for behaviour; ecosystemic - focusing on positive and negative interactions between teachers and students within the school and those that externally affect the school; these interactions are seen as accounting for behaviour; ecological - focusing on the influence of systems and the environment in accounting for behaviour. The aim of the book is to enable the reader to develop a structured approach to emotional and behavioural problems by drawing on one or more of the above perspectives.
