Attitude accessibility, attitude-behavior consistency, and the strength of the object-evaluation association Export

@article{citeulike:4371574, abstract = {Two experiments were conducted in order to examine the accessibility of attitudes from memory as a function of the manner of attitude formation. The findings of the first experiment indicated that subjects could respond more quickly in a response-time task to inquiries about their attitudes when the attitudes were based upon direct behavioral experience with the attitude objects than when they were based upon nonbehavioral experience. It was suggested that, relative to indirect experience, behavioral experience may facilitate the attitude formation process and increase attitude accessibility once the attitude is formed. A second experiment found support for both of these notions. Two additional experiments indicated that repeated association of the attitude object and the attitudinal evaluation enhanced both attitude accessibility and attitude-behavior consistency. It was suggested that the strength of the object-evaluation association is a critical determinant of accessibility, which, in turn, acts as a central factor in the process by which attitudes affect later behavior. It was further suggested that the manner of attitude formation affects attitude-behavior consistency because direct experience produces a stronger object-evaluation association and, hence, a more accessible attitude than does indirect experience.}, author = {Fazio, Russell H. and Chen, Jeaw-Mei and Mcdonel, Elizabeth C. and Sherman, Steven J.}, citeulike-article-id = {4371574}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-1031(82)90058-0}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0022-1031(82)90058-0}, comment = {cited by J. Forster (2004). `How Body Feedback Influences Consumers' Evaluation of Products'. Journal of Consumer Psychology 14(4):416-426. http://www.citeulike.org/user/Benja/article/4371551}, doi = {10.1016/0022-1031(82)90058-0}, issn = {00221031}, journal = {Journal of Experimental Social Psychology}, keywords = {attitudes, behavior, psychology}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {339--357}, posted-at = {2009-04-21 10:46:32}, priority = {2}, title = {Attitude accessibility, attitude-behavior consistency, and the strength of the object-evaluation association}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-1031(82)90058-0}, volume = {18}, year = {1982} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4371574 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4371574 N2 - Two experiments were conducted in order to examine the accessibility of attitudes from memory as a function of the manner of attitude formation. The findings of the first experiment indicated that subjects could respond more quickly in a response-time task to inquiries about their attitudes when the attitudes were based upon direct behavioral experience with the attitude objects than when they were based upon nonbehavioral experience. It was suggested that, relative to indirect experience, behavioral experience may facilitate the attitude formation process and increase attitude accessibility once the attitude is formed. A second experiment found support for both of these notions. Two additional experiments indicated that repeated association of the attitude object and the attitudinal evaluation enhanced both attitude accessibility and attitude-behavior consistency. It was suggested that the strength of the object-evaluation association is a critical determinant of accessibility, which, in turn, acts as a central factor in the process by which attitudes affect later behavior. It was further suggested that the manner of attitude formation affects attitude-behavior consistency because direct experience produces a stronger object-evaluation association and, hence, a more accessible attitude than does indirect experience. IS - 4 JF - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology SN - 00221031 EP - 357 TI - Attitude accessibility, attitude-behavior consistency, and the strength of the object-evaluation association VL - 18 SP - 339 KW - attitudes KW - behavior KW - psychology N1 - cited by J. Forster (2004). `How Body Feedback Influences Consumers’ Evaluation of Products'. Journal of Consumer Psychology 14(4):416-426. http://www.citeulike.org/user/Benja/article/4371551 AU - Fazio, Russell AU - Chen, Jeaw-Mei AU - Mcdonel, Elizabeth AU - Sherman, Steven PY - 1982/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-1031(82)90058-0 ER -