Attitude Structure and FunctionAnthony R. Pratkanis, Steven J. Breckler, Anthony G. Greenwald Utilizing "new wave" research including new psychological theories, new statistical techniques, and a stronger methodology, this collection unites a diversity of recent research perspectives on attitudes and the psychological functions of an attitude. The objective of the editors was to bring together the bits and pieces of validated data into one systematic and adequate set of general principles leading to the view of attitudes as predictions. As the volume reformulates old concepts, explores new angles, and seeks a relationship among various sub-areas, it also shows improvements in the sophistication of research designs and methodologies, the specifications of variables, and the precision in defining concepts. |
Contents
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Social Cognition and Attitudes | 30 |
The Structure of Individual Attitudes | 37 |
Structure of Attitude Systems | 44 |
Attitude Systems in Relation to Other | 51 |
Indications for Future Work | 57 |
The Utilitarian Function or Nonfunction | 220 |
Attitude Structure and Behavior | 241 |
Beliefs | 247 |
Attitude Structure and | 253 |
Summary and Conclusions | 267 |
Concluding Comments Regarding | 302 |
Operationalizing Functional Theories of Attitude | 311 |
New Directions for Operationalizing | 321 |
The Cognitive Representation of Attitudes | 71 |
Attitudes and Episodic Memory | 82 |
A Sociocognitive Model | 89 |
The Structural Bases of Consistency Among | 99 |
A Representational Model for the Evaluation | 108 |
Some Empirical Support for These Speculations | 116 |
Conclusion | 123 |
Structure and Function | 129 |
Early Support for | 135 |
Flexible Functionalist Framework | 146 |
Accessible Attitudes Guide | 161 |
Accessible Attitudes Guide Behavior | 167 |
Further Implications | 174 |
Attitudes Decisions and Habits | 213 |
Future Directions in Functional Research | 332 |
Different | 345 |
Conclusion | 356 |
A Functional Perspective | 361 |
The Benefits and Costs of Beliefs | 370 |
Need for Structure in Attitude | 383 |
Need for Structure in Attitude Formation | 398 |
Contemporary Attitude Research | 416 |
Conclusions | 422 |
Defining Attitude | 429 |
Why Attitudes are Important | 437 |
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