Predicting and Changing Behavior : the Reasoned Action Approach.

Predicting and Changing Behavior : the Reasoned Action Approach.

This book describes the reasoned action approach, an integrative framework for the prediction and change of human social behavior. It provides an up-to-date review of relevant research, discusses critical issues related to the reasoned action framework, and provides methodological and conceptual too...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fishbein, Martin
Other Authors: Ajzen, Icek
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2009.
Subjects:
Behavior modification.
Expectation (Psychology)
Human behavior.
human behavior.
Behavior modification
Human behavior
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Predicting and Changing Behavior; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Approaches and Explanatory Constructs; Organizational Behavior; Job Performance; Turnover and Other Withdrawal Behaviors; Political Behavior; Voting Participation; Voting Choice; Discriminatory Behavior; Empirical Findings; Implicit Versus Explicit Measures of Prejudice; Empirical Evidence; Discussion; The Reasoned Action Approach; The Nature of Reasoned Action; Background Factors; Related Reasoned Action Models; Conclusion; Chapter 2. Defining and Predicting Behavior.
  • Levels of GeneralityDirect Observation Versus Self-Reports of Behavior; Varieties of Behavioral Criteria; Dichotomies, Frequencies, and Magnitudes; Behavioral Categories; Validity of Self-Reports; Behaviors Versus Goals; Predicting Behavior; The Concept of Intention; Behavioral Expectations and Willingness; Behavioral Expectation; Willingness; Using Intentions to Predict Behavior; The Principle of Compatibility; Single-Act Dichotomous Criteria; Single-Act Continuous Criteria; Behavioral Categories; Empirical Support for Prediction of Behavior From Intentions.
  • Self-Reports Versus Objective Measures of BehaviorProspective Versus Retrospective Measures of Behavior; Prediction of Routine Behaviors; Automaticity; Factors Influencing the Predictive Validity of Intentions; Compatibility; Temporal Stability of Intentions; Sequential Hurdles; Volitional Control; Memory for Intentions; Intention-Behavior Gap: Literal Inconsistency; Pseudo-Inconsistency: An Explanation of Literal Inconsistency; Hypothetical Versus Real Situations; Perceived Behavioral Control; Definition and Measurement of Perceived Behavioral Control.
  • Empirical Support for the Predictive Validity of Perceived Behavioral ControlModerating Effects of Perceived Behavioral Control; Additive Effects of Intentions and Perceived Behavioral Control; Methodological Considerations in the Prediction of Behavior; Restriction of Range: Floor and Ceiling Effects; Summary and Conclusions; Notes; Chapter 3. Attitudes and Their Determinants; Definition of Attitude; Attitude Versus Affect; Measuring Attitudes; The Semantic Differential; Instrumental Versus Experiential Aspects of Attitude; Belief-Based Measures of Attitude.
  • Factor Analysis of Attitudinal ItemsCan Items and Factors Be Used to Explain an Underlying Attitude?; Including Factual and Ambivalent Items in Attitude Scales; The Expectancy-Value Model of Attitude; Beliefs as a Basis of Attitudes; Salient Beliefs; Eliciting Salient Beliefs; Empirical Support for the Expectancy-Value Model; Predictive Validity of Salient Versus Nonsalient Beliefs; Scoring Belief Strength; Disagreement With Belief Statements; Issues Related to the Expectancy-Value Model; Importance of Accessible Beliefs; Multiplicative Combination Rule; Attitudinal Ambivalence.

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