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Communication and Persuasion [electronic resource] : Central and Peripheral Routes to Attitude Change / by Richard E. Petty, John T. Cacioppo.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Springer Series in Social PsychologyPublisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1986Edition: 1st ed. 1986Description: XIV, 264 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781461249641
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 153 23
LOC classification:
  • BF201
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Contents:
1. The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion -- Postulates of the ELM -- Retrospective -- 2. Methodological Factors in the ELM -- Assessing Attitudes and Persuasion -- Assessing the Basic Constructs in the ELM -- Retrospective -- 3. The Ability to Elaborate in a Relatively Objective Manner -- Factors Affecting the Ability to Elaborate Objectively -- Retrospective -- 4. The Motivation to Elaborate in a Relatively Objective Manner -- Factors Affecting the Motivation to Elaborate Objectively -- Retrospective -- 5. Biased Elaboration -- Ability Variables That Bias Elaboration: Focus on Prior Knowledge -- Motivational Variables That Bias Elaboration: Focus on Forewarning -- Other Variables That Bias Message Elaboration -- Retrospective -- 6. Message Elaboration Versus Peripheral Cues -- Objective Processing Versus Peripheral Cues -- Biased Processing Versus Peripheral Cues -- Retrospective -- 7. Consequences of the Route to Persuasion -- Persistence of Persuasion -- Attitude-Behavior Link -- Resistance to Counterpersuasion -- Retrospective -- 8. Intricacies of the Elaboration Likelihood Model -- Variables With Multiple Effects on Elaboration -- Variables That Affect Message Processing and Serve as Peripheral Cues -- Processing When No Message or Both Sides Are Presented -- Retrospective -- 9. Epilogue -- Determinants of Elaboration Likelihood -- Integrative Potential of the ELM -- Conclusions -- References -- Author Index.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: It has been over 10 years since we initiated work on our first series of collaborative experiments. As graduate students, we had great fun planning, conducting, and writing this research (Petty & Cacioppo, 1977). We enjoyed arguing with each other at our initial meeting in 1973 and have sub­ sequently become best friends, but neither of us suspected at the time that we would or could actively maintain a research collaboration over the next decade, or that we would now find ourselves in a position to write this monograph. As we note in Chapter 1, we began our studies of persuasion at a time when social psychology was in "crisis," and interest in research on attitude change in particular was declining. As we write this, we are aware of six new volumes on persuasion that are in press or in preparation and that should appear over the next few years. In retrospect, it is not so surprising that research on attitudes and persuasion would reemerge as a central concern of social psychology. We believe that human feelings, beliefs, and behaviors, whether in the domain of interpersonal relations (e. g. , marriage, aggression), politics (e. g. , voting, revolution), health (e. g. , following a medical regimen), or economics (e. g. , consumer purchases) are greatly influenced by the evaluations people have of other people, objects, and issues. Furthermore, evaluations (attitudes) are influenced by affect, cognition, and behavior.
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1. The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion -- Postulates of the ELM -- Retrospective -- 2. Methodological Factors in the ELM -- Assessing Attitudes and Persuasion -- Assessing the Basic Constructs in the ELM -- Retrospective -- 3. The Ability to Elaborate in a Relatively Objective Manner -- Factors Affecting the Ability to Elaborate Objectively -- Retrospective -- 4. The Motivation to Elaborate in a Relatively Objective Manner -- Factors Affecting the Motivation to Elaborate Objectively -- Retrospective -- 5. Biased Elaboration -- Ability Variables That Bias Elaboration: Focus on Prior Knowledge -- Motivational Variables That Bias Elaboration: Focus on Forewarning -- Other Variables That Bias Message Elaboration -- Retrospective -- 6. Message Elaboration Versus Peripheral Cues -- Objective Processing Versus Peripheral Cues -- Biased Processing Versus Peripheral Cues -- Retrospective -- 7. Consequences of the Route to Persuasion -- Persistence of Persuasion -- Attitude-Behavior Link -- Resistance to Counterpersuasion -- Retrospective -- 8. Intricacies of the Elaboration Likelihood Model -- Variables With Multiple Effects on Elaboration -- Variables That Affect Message Processing and Serve as Peripheral Cues -- Processing When No Message or Both Sides Are Presented -- Retrospective -- 9. Epilogue -- Determinants of Elaboration Likelihood -- Integrative Potential of the ELM -- Conclusions -- References -- Author Index.

It has been over 10 years since we initiated work on our first series of collaborative experiments. As graduate students, we had great fun planning, conducting, and writing this research (Petty & Cacioppo, 1977). We enjoyed arguing with each other at our initial meeting in 1973 and have sub­ sequently become best friends, but neither of us suspected at the time that we would or could actively maintain a research collaboration over the next decade, or that we would now find ourselves in a position to write this monograph. As we note in Chapter 1, we began our studies of persuasion at a time when social psychology was in "crisis," and interest in research on attitude change in particular was declining. As we write this, we are aware of six new volumes on persuasion that are in press or in preparation and that should appear over the next few years. In retrospect, it is not so surprising that research on attitudes and persuasion would reemerge as a central concern of social psychology. We believe that human feelings, beliefs, and behaviors, whether in the domain of interpersonal relations (e. g. , marriage, aggression), politics (e. g. , voting, revolution), health (e. g. , following a medical regimen), or economics (e. g. , consumer purchases) are greatly influenced by the evaluations people have of other people, objects, and issues. Furthermore, evaluations (attitudes) are influenced by affect, cognition, and behavior.

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