Book contents
- Action and Inaction in a Social World
- Action and Inaction in a Social World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behaviors
- Chapter 2 Beliefs
- Chapter 3 Attitudes
- Chapter 4 Goals, Intentions, and Behavior
- Part III Influences of the Past and the Situation
- Part IV The Impact of Persuasive Communications and Behavioral Interventions
- Part V Conclusion
- References
- Index
Chapter 3 - Attitudes
from Part II - Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behaviors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 January 2021
- Action and Inaction in a Social World
- Action and Inaction in a Social World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behaviors
- Chapter 2 Beliefs
- Chapter 3 Attitudes
- Chapter 4 Goals, Intentions, and Behavior
- Part III Influences of the Past and the Situation
- Part IV The Impact of Persuasive Communications and Behavioral Interventions
- Part V Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 3 concerns attitudes as well as attitude dimensions and structure, including ambivalence. Attitudes have both a memory component and a judgment component. This aspect is important because recognizing attitude change is not possible without recognizing that these two components are part of attitudes. The chapter also covers the relation between attitude relevant memories and evaluative judgments, my research on specific and general attitudes toward objects and behaviors, including actions and inactions, and the degree to which attitudes predict behavior, including a meta-meta-analysis of the attitude behavior relation.
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- Action and Inaction in a Social WorldPredicting and Changing Attitudes and Behavior, pp. 64 - 88Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021