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Attitudes and Attitude Change

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Attitudes and Attitude Change

Edited by

William D. Crano and Radmila Prislin

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Contents

About the Editors

William Crano is the Oskamp Professor of Psychology at Claremont Graduate University. Before Claremont, he was Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University, Texas A&M, and the University of Arizona. His work is concerned with minority influence, and the application of persuasive principles to prevention of drug abuse and HIV/AIDS in young adolescents.

Radmila Prislin is Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University. Her research interests are in the areas of social influence and social change, group dynamics in the aftermath of social change, attitudes and persuasion, and the evaluation of public health programs.

Contributors

Icek Ajzen, PhD

Department of Psychology

University of MassachusettsAmherst

Dolores Albarracn, PhD

Department of Psychology (and Marketing)

University of Florida

Christopher J. Armitage, PhD

Centre for Research in Social Attitudes

Department of Psychology

University of Sheffield

John N. Bassili, PhD

Department of Life Sciences

University of Toronto at Scarborough

Gerd Bohner, PhD

Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science

Department of Psychology

University of Bielefeld

Mark Conner, PhD

Institute of Psychological Sciences

University of Leeds

Nicole Gilbert Cote

Department of Psychology

University of MassachusettsAmherst

Thierry Devos, PhD

Department of Psychology

San Diego State University

Hans-Peter Erb, PhD

Faculty for Humanities and Social Sciences

Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg

Nicholas C. Fernandez

Department of Psychology

University of Arizona

Joseph P. Forgas, PhD

School of Psychology

University of New South Wales

Antonis Gardikiotis, PhD

School of Psychology

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Geoffrey Haddock, PhD

School of Psychology

Cardiff University

Miles Hewstone, PhD

Professor of Social Psychology

University of Oxford

Michael A. Hogg, PhD

School of Behavioral & Organizational Sciences

Claremont Graduate University

Blair T. Johnson, PhD

Department of Psychology

University of Connecticut

Richard V. Kendrick, PhD

Department of Psychology

University of Tennessee

Tina Langer, PhD

Department of Psychology

University of Trier

Hong Li

Department of Psychology

University of Florida

Gregory R. Maio, PhD

School of Psychology

Cardiff University

Pearl Y. Martin, PhD

Work & Organisational Psychology Group

Aston Business School

Aston University

Robin Martin, PhD

Work & Organisational Psychology Group

Aston Business School

Aston University

Kenji Noguchi, PhD

Department of Psychology

University of Florida

Michael A. Olson, PhD

Department of Psychology

University of Tennessee

Tania Rendn

Department of Psychology

California State University, San Marcos

P. Wesley Schultz, PhD

Department of Psychology

California State University, San Marcos

Norbert Schwarz, PhD

Institute for Social Research

University of Michigan