Attitudes And Persuasion: Classic And Contemporary Approaches

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Routledge, Feb 20, 2018 - Social Science - 336 pages
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.
 

Contents

Foreword
Introduction to Attitudes and Persuasion
Conditioning and Modeling Approaches
The Messagelearning Approach
Judgmental Approaches
Motivational Approaches
Attributional Approaches
Combinatory Approaches
Selfpersuasion Approaches
A General Framework for Understanding
The Relative Importance of Recipient and Message
References
Author Index
Subject Index
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Richard E Petty

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