Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social Behavior - Softcover

Ajzen, Icek

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0139364358 ISBN 13: 9780139364358

Publisher: Pearson, 1980

Synopsis

Core text in attitude courses. Explains "theory and reasoned action" model and then applies the model to various cases.

About this title

About the Author

Icek Ajzen is the Head of the Division of Personality and Social Psychology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Illinois – UrbanaChampaign, has published numerous books and articles dealing with the attitudebehavior relation, and has been identified as a Highly Cited Researcher in the ISI Web of Knowledge.
Dolores Albarracin, Ph.D. is the R. David Thomas Endowed Legislative Professor of Psychology at the University of Florida. She received Ph.D.s in Social and Clinical Psychology and has been involved in attitudes and health promotion research since 1989. She has edited the "Handbook"" of Attitudes," and received two scientist development awards from NIMH. She has written a soloauthored book and more than 50 journal articles and chapters. She is well known for both her basic and applied contributions, and regularly publishes in the prime journals in the field of psychology.
Robert Hornik is Wilbur Schramm Professor of Communication and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. Dr. Hornik was Scientific Director for the Evaluation of the National Youth AntiDrug Media Campaign, and he is the Director of the University of Pennsylvania's NCI funded Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research.

Synopsis

Dealing with attitude courses, this work explains "theory and reasoned action" model and then applies the model to various cases.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0139364358
• ISBN 13: 9780139364358
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288