Every individual has some kind of attitude but, being a psychological phenomenon, attitude each. Includes bibliographical references pages 697765 and indexes. Eagly northwestern university serena chen university of michigan shelly chaiken new york university kelly shawbarnes purdue university many theories of the effects of attitudes on memory for attitude relevant information would predict that. Attitudes and persuasion introduction to psychology. Harcourt brace jovanovich college publishers, 1993. Karau, department of management, southern illinois university, carbondale, illinois 629014627. In the psychology of attitudes, we provided an abstractor umbrelladefinition. Other topicssuch as job attitudes at the betweenunit level of analysis and the contrast between job attitudes and related phenomena like descriptions of a situation and motivation for behaviorare also discussed. Eagly, alice hendrickson subjects attitude psychology.
The sufficiency threshold can be conceptualized as a point located on a continuum of judgmental confidence. These four ways in which attitudes can form are in order of increasing psychological complexity by mere exposure, by associative learning, by selfperception, and for functional reasons. The advantages of an inclusive definition of attitude guilford journals. Eagly and chaiken, for example, define an attitude as a psychological tendency that is expressed by evaluating a particular entity with some degree of favor or disfavor. Similarly, eagly and chaiken 1993, in a highly influential textbook, defined attitudes as a psychological tendency that is expressed by evaluating a particular entity with some degree of favor or disfavor p. Chaiken s areas of research include attitude structure and change as well as social cognition. Harcourt brace jovanovich college publishers, c1993.
Eagly and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The topic of attitudes is intrinsically appealing to psychologists and nonpsychologists alike. The fi rst peaking, in the1920s and 1930s, refl ected social psychologys concern with the fundamental nature of attitudes and their measurement. Parents attitudes and behavior, the learning environment, and their influence on childrens early reading achievement. Combinatorial models of attitude formation and change. For example, in 1993, eagly and chaiken discussed how the attitude can also influence the three components.
The psychology of attitudes alice hendrickson eagly, shelly. The psychology of gender, especially sex differences in similarities in leadership, prosocial behavior, aggression, partner preferences, and sociopolitical attitudes. Eagly became aware of the role that social psychology could play in this new political landscape. This text is a comprehensive advanced level textbook designed for courses in the psychology of attitudes and related studies in attitude measurement and social cognition. Attitudes towards fairtrade principles and environmental views among the inhabitants of a rural swedish town.
Attitude formation occurs through either direct experience or the persuasion of others or the media. Psychology of attitudes by shelly chaiken, alice h. Published by harcourt brace jovanovich college publishers, 1993. The psychology of attitudes, motivation, and persuasion.
I am especially interested in sex differences and similarities in leadership, prosocial behavior, aggression, partner preferences, and sociopolitical attitudes. The study of attitudes has had a long and preeminent history in the field of social psychology eagly, 1992. I am a social psychologist whose interests are mainly in two areas. Sep 17, 2011 i am a social psychologist whose interests are mainly in two areas. Like the nature of attitude itself, one important aspect of the eagly and chaiken text is its structural properties. We wrote this book with graduate students in mind as its primary audience, and also with concern for the needs of colleagues in psychology and related fields who seek an integrative overview of the research literature on attitudes. Written by two eminent scholars in the field, the book has comprehensive coverage of classic and modern. The psychology of attitudes and attitude change gregory r. Harcourt brace jovanovich college publishers, 1993 language. Chaiken, department of psychology, new york university, ny. Pdf the psychology of attitudes, motivation, and persuasion. It is a core text for courses in the psychology of attitudes, persuasion, and social influence and a key resource for modules in social cognition and introductory social psychology.
Semantic scholar profile for alice h eagly, with 2907 highly influential citations and 308 scientific research papers. Reviewed by christopher leone, university of north. New valuebehavioral structures and hierarchies in the technical academic education in the context. Most contemporary perspectives on attitudes permit that people can also be conflicted or ambivalent toward an object by simultaneously holding both positive and negative attitudes toward the same object. Eagly, department of psychology, northwestern university, 2029 sheridan road, swift hall 3, evanston, illinois 60208, or to steven j. Role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders.
An attitude is a general and lasting positive or negative opinion or feeling about some person, object, or issue. Chaikens areas of research include attitude structure and change as well as social cognition. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. In other words, a persons affect, behaviors, and cognitions not only may guide and create the attitude but also may be driven or influenced by the attitude. Eagly born december 25, 1938 is a professor of psychology and of management and organizations at northwestern university evanston, illinois. Eagly is a social psychologist who is professor of psychology and faculty fellow in the institute for policy research at northwestern university. An attitude is an evaluation of an attitude object, ranging from extremely negative to extremely positive.
The literature on attitudes and attitude change has been accumulating for nearly 100 years and, as a result, is quite extensive. In this first section we discuss four distinct ways in which attitudes can form towards some issue, event, person or thing. Written by two eminent scholars in the field, the book has comprehensive coverage of classic and modern research. Eagly northwestern university serena chen university of michigan shelly chaiken new york university kelly shawbarnes purdue university many theories of the effects of attitudes on memory. For this discussion, attitude theories have been organized into four categories see 11. A theory of heuristic and systematic information processing. Although contemporary psychologists tend to define attitudes as evaluations of people, objects, and ideas, attitude theories and research have looked at attitudes in many different ways and from several varying perspectives. The psychology of attitudes and attitude change is for students in psychology, health psychology, communication, business and political science. The psychology of attitudes alice hendrickson eagly. However, despite the centrality of the attitude concept to social psychology e. The research of attitudes is probably one of the most controversial, yet fascinating, areas of psychology. Another research area beyond the scope of this chapter is the extensive work on.
Social role theory as a theory of sex differences and simlarities and of the origins of sex differences in social behavior. Attitudes and attitude change research paper essayempire. She is a fellow of the society for personality and social psychology and a member of both the society of experimental social psychology and the american psychological society. She currently holds the james padilla chair for arts and sciences and a faculty fellowship for the institute of policy research at northwestern university. The study of attitudes has been approached with varying emphases and methods during most of this century. It is impossible to summarize and evaluate all that is known about this topic in a brief chapter. Her primary research contributions have been in the area of social psychology, as well. Indeed, by virtue of the fact that attitudes label things i. Combinatorial models of attitude formation and change 6. Psychology, attitudes and social influence interest group, 2016. Eagly northwestern university serena chen university of michigan shelly chaiken new york university kelly shawbarnes purdue university many theories of the effects of attitudes on memory for attituderelevant information would predict that.
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