Attitudes, Personality And BehaviourThis thoroughly revised and updated edition describes why and how beliefs, attitudes and personality traits influence human behaviour. Building on the strengths of the previous edition, it covers recent developments in existing theories and details new theoretical approaches to the attitude-behaviour relationships. |
Contents
Chapter 01 ATTITUDES AND PERSONALITY TRAITS | 1 |
Chapter 02 CONSISTENCY IN HUMAN AFFAIRS | 24 |
Chapter 03 FROM DISPOSITIONS TO ACTIONS | 41 |
Chapter 04 THE PRINCIPLE OF COMPATIBILITY | 71 |
Chapter 05 FROM INTENTIONS TO ACTIONS | 99 |
Chapter 06 EXPLAINING INTENTIONS AND BEHAVIOR | 117 |
Chapter 07 CONCLUSION | 142 |
References | 147 |
Author Index | 168 |
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Back cover | 179 |
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