Persuasion : Psychological Insights and Perspectives

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-01-04
Publisher(s): SAGE Publications, Inc
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Summary

Persuasion: Psychological Insights and Perspectives, Second Edition  highlights important and influential views on persuasion and guides students through the important contemporary centers of basic and applied persuasion research. The renowned contributors to this volume apply cutting-edge knowledge from their current research across a variety of domains, including health, advertising, prejudice, political communication, group decision making, and the impact of narratives. This Second Edition has been revised and updated to reflect new research from the past decade. It includes entirely new chapters on prejudice, persuasiveness of narratives, mass media and political persuasion, small groups, and advertising. 

Table of Contents

Preface
About the Editors
Domains of Persuasion: An Introduction
Attitude Measurement: Techniques for Measuring the Unobservable
Acting as We Feel: When and How Attitudes Guide Behavior
Actions and Attitudes: The Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
To Think or Not to Think: Exploring Two Routes to Persuasion
Persuasiveness of Narratives
Principles of Interpersonal Influence
Influence and Persuasion in Small Groups
Do Messages From Your Body, Your Friends, Your Doctor, or the Media Shape Your Health Behaviors?
Mass Media and Political Persuasion
Changing Prejudice: The Effects of Persuasion on Implicit and Explicit Forms of Race Bias
The Psychology of Advertising
Glossary
Name Index
Subject Index
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