The Handbook of Attitudes

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Dolores Albarracin, Blair T. Johnson, Mark P. Zanna
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005 - 826 pages
This new handbook presents, synthesizes, and integrates the existing knowledge of methods, theories, and data in attitudes. The editors' goal is to promote an understanding of the broader principles underlying attitudes across several disciplines. Divided into three parts: one on definitions and methods; another on the relations of attitudes with beliefs, behavior, and affect; and a final one that integrates these relations into the broader areas of cognitive processes, communication and persuasion, social influence, and applications, the handbook also features an innovative chapter on implicit versus explicit attitudes. With contributions from the top specialists, this handbook features unique collaborations between researchers, some who have never before worked together. Every writer was encouraged to work from as unbiased a perspective as possible. A "must have" for researchers in the areas of social, political, health, clinical, counseling, and consumer psychology, marketing, and communication, the handbook will also serve as an excellent reference for advanced courses on attitudes in a variety of departments.

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About the author (2005)

Dolores Albarracin" is anĀ  R. David Thomas Endowed Legislative Professor of Psychology at the University of Florida. She is a recipient of several grants and awards and has published in the flagship journals of the fields of psychology and social psychology. She received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Blair T. Johnson" is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 8 and 9) and the American Psychological Society, he has served as Consulting Editor for leading journals in the field of social psychology, and is the author of a leading statistics program, DSTAT. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Mark P. Zanna" is a Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at the University of Waterloo. He is the Editor of ""Advances in Experimental Social Psychology"" and Co-Editor of the ""Ontario Symposium of Personality and Social Psychology."" A Fellow of the APA's Divisions 8, 9, and 35 and The Royal Society of Canada, he received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Yale University.

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