scholarly journals Individual attitude change and societal dynamics: Computational experiments with psychological theories.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Lorenz ◽  
Martin Neumann ◽  
Tobias Schröder
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Change ◽  
Computational Experiments ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
Individual Attitude ◽  
Societal Dynamics

scholarly journals Individual attitude change and societal dynamics: Computational experiments with psychological theories

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Lorenz ◽  
Martin Neumann ◽  
Tobia Schröder
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Change ◽  
Source Credibility ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Persuasive Communication ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Societal Implications ◽  
Motivated Cognition ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
Societal Dynamics

We present an agent-based model for studying the societal implications of theories of attitude change in psychological theory. For experimenting with theories, various psychological theories of persuasive communication are implemented. The model allows for investigating the effects of contagion and assimilation, motivated cognition, polarity, source credibility, and idiosyncratic attitude formation. The simulations show that different theories produce different characteristic macro-level patterns. Central mechanisms for generating consensus can be contagion and assimilation. However, the former generates a radicalized consensus. Motivated cognition tends to cause societal polarization of attitudes. Polarity and source credibility have comparatively little effect on the societal distribution of attitudes. We discuss how the simulations provide a bridge between micro-level psychological theories and the aggregated macro level studied by sociology. This, in turn, enables complementing experimental studies by new types of evidence for evaluating social psychological theory.

A Laboratory Experiment of Individual Attitude Response to Advertising Exposure

1973 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick W. Winter
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Experiment ◽  
Attitude Change ◽  
Brand Attitude ◽  
Brand Familiarity ◽  
Individual Attitude ◽  
Attitude Response ◽  
Attitudinal Response ◽  
Advertising Exposure

This study investigates the influence of advertising exposure on individual brand attitude change. Results indicate that past exposures, brand familiarity, and prior attitude are significantly related to attitudinal response.

Attitude Change among Health Educators Studying Abroad

1983 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-116
Author(s):  
Sanford Weinstein
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Change ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
International Health ◽  
Health Educators ◽  
Graduate Study ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
Individual Attitude ◽  
Tolerance For Ambiguity ◽  
Health Cooperation

This study examined change in attitudes about international health efforts among health educators who participated in graduate study-abroad programs in Japan and Jamaica. No statistically significant changes were found in levels of hostility toward other nations or attitude toward international health cooperation. However, correlations found between individual attitude change and measures of dogmatism and tolerance for ambiguity suggest that participants may vary in their receptiveness to the messages of such programs, and that openness of participant's belief systems may have some role in the success of such programs. The nature of this role is unclear since more dogmatic participants in the Japan group reported greater attitude change than their more open minded peers. This result was opposite to that expected and was not found for the Jamaica group.

scholarly journals The Dynamics of Cognitive Performance: What Has Been Learnt from Empirical Research in Science Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Stamovlasis
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Attitude Change ◽  
Catastrophe Theory ◽  
State Variables ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamical ◽  
State Variable ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
Dynamical Hypothesis

This paper discusses investigations in science education addressing the nonlinear dynamical hypothesis. Learning science is a suitable field for applying interdisciplinary research and predominately for testing psychological theories. It was demonstrated that in this area the paradigm of complexity and nonlinear dynamics have offered theoretical advances and better interpretations of empirical data. Research showed that besides linear modes of behavior, sudden transitions occur in cognitive performance and this has questioned basic theoretical and epistemological assumptions. The neo-Piagetian framework and motivational theories offering constructs for serving as predictors in various model are the local theories which are embraced by the CDS meta-theory. Sudden transitions are modeled by catastrophe theory (CT) the analyses of which reveal the crucial role of certain variables, namely the bifurcation factors. Beyond a critical value of the bifurcation factor, the state variable splits into two-attractor regions and becomes bimodal. The bifurcation effect induces uncertainty and unpredictability in the system, which oscillates between two states entering the regime of chaos. Then in state variables such as learning outcomes and achievement, sudden transitions from success to failure are expected. Catastrophe theory explains unexpected phenomena associated with school failure, dropouts, illicit behaviors, sudden attitude change, and creativity. Moreover CT could contribute in elucidating theoretical debates and conflicting empirical evidences.

scholarly journals Interreligious education in the context of Social Psychology research on attitudes and prejudice

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Rothgangel
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Change ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Attribution Theory ◽  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Illusory Correlation ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cognitive Theories ◽  
Interreligious Education

Since the mid-1990s, interreligious education has become an integral component of thereligious education debate. Regardless of the affective level that interreligious education seeksto provide, the desired changes in attitude and prejudice require one to take into account adiversity of research on attitude and prejudice. Accordingly, the goal of the present article is toencourage the adoption of psychological theories of prejudice with a view to the prospectsthey offer to interreligious education. However, because the field of psychological prejudiceresearch is complex, we will only be discussing those theories that, firstly, reflect the presentstate of prejudice psychology and, secondly, are of particular relevance to interreligiouseducation; these are cognitive theories (accentuation theory, illusory correlation theory,attribution theory), the social identity theory, and social learning theory. Emanating from thisreview, the article will go on to reflect different strategies of attitude change for interreligiouslearning.

LPCD framework: Analytical tool or psychological model?

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Danks
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Bayesian Decision ◽  
Perceptual Decision Making ◽  
Psychological Model ◽  
Psychological Reality ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
Target Article ◽  
Bayesian Decision Making

AbstractThe target article uses a mathematical framework derived from Bayesian decision making to demonstrate suboptimal decision making but then attributes psychological reality to the framework components. Rahnev & Denison's (R&D) positive proposal thus risks ignoring plausible psychological theories that could implement complex perceptual decision making. We must be careful not to slide from success with an analytical tool to the reality of the tool components.

Review of Readings in Attitude Change.

1974 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 634-634
Author(s):  
ELLEN BERSCHEID
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Change
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