Why We Evaluate: Functions of Attitudes

by Maio, Gregory R.; Olson, James M.

• ISBN13: 9781410602138
• ISBN10: 1410602133
• Copyright: 1999-12-13
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This edited volume offers engaging summaries on the latest research on attitude function from the leaders in the field. Topics include attitude functions, persuasion, individual-differences approaches, the role of motivation,and the practical implication

Table of Contents

Preface

Accessible Attitudes as Tools for Object Appraisal: Their Costs and Benefits

The Social-Identity Function in Person Perception: Communicated Meanings of Product Preferences

Attitudes as Knowledge Structures and Persuasion as a Specific Case of Subjective Knowledge Acquisition

Cognitive Processes and the Functional Matching Effect in Persuasion: Studies of Personality and Political Behavior

Attitude Functions and Persuasion: An Elaboration Likelihood Approach to Matched Versus Mismatched Messages

Involvement and Persuasion: Attitude Functions for the Motivated Processor

Attitude Functions and Consumer Psychology: Understanding Perceptions of Product Quality

Opinions and Personality: On the Psychological Functions of Attitudes and Other Valued Possessions

What Is a "Value-Expressive" Attitude?

A Motivational Approach to Experimental Tests of Attitude Functions Theory

Attitudes Toward Persons With HIV/AIDS: Linking a Functional Approach With Underlying Process

The Social Construction of Attitudes: Functional Consensus and Divergence in the U.S. Public's Reactions to AIDS

The Functional Approach to Volunteerism

Attitude Function and the Automobile

Emerging Themes and Potential Approaches to Attitude Function: The Function-Structure Model of Attitudes

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