Research Catalog

Title

Attitudes and related psychosocial constructs : theories, assessment, and research / Lewis R. Aiken.

Author

Aiken, Lewis R., 1931-

Publication

Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c2002.

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Description

x, 318 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Attitude (Psychology)
• Attitude [MESH]
• Attitude to Death [MESH]
• Prejudice [MESH]
• Public Opinion [MESH]

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-300) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Definitions, History, and Behavior Prediction -- History -- Predicting Behavior From Attitudes -- Assessment Methods and Instruments -- Attitude Assessment Methods -- Reliability, Validity, and Norms -- Illustrative Instruments and Sources -- Attitude Formation and Change -- Genetics and Experience -- Consistency Theories -- Other Concepts and Theories -- Practical Procedures for Changing Attitudes -- Social Prejudice and Discrimination -- Social Prejudice -- Social Discrimination -- Assessment of Prejudice and Discrimination -- Reducing Prejudice and Discrimination -- Living Conditions and Problems -- Living Conditions -- Illness and Disability -- Conflict and Violence -- Natural and Unnatural Death -- Attitudes Toward Death -- Abortion and the Right to Life -- Euthanasia and Suicide -- Capital Punishment -- Schools, Subjects, and Students -- Evaluating Schools and Students -- Attitudes Toward Mathematics -- Computers and Technology -- Attitudes Toward Science -- Attitudes Toward Other School Subjects -- Work, Leisure, and Retirement -- Job Satisfaction and Work Experiences -- Assessment in Organizational Contexts -- Leisure -- Retirement -- Politics, Religion, and Morality -- Politics and Government -- Religious Beliefs -- Moral Values and Behavior -- Suppliers of Psychosocial Assessment Instruments -- Recommendations for Constructing and Administering Questionnaires.

ISBN

• 0761924523
• 0761924531 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2001007016

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library