A Critical Review of Linear Force Aggregation Theory.

Autor/in	Millar, Frank E.
Titel	A Critical Review of Linear Force Aggregation Theory.
Quelle	(1975), (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Attitudes; Behavior; Behavioral Science Research; Communication (Thought Transfer); Literature Reviews; Persuasive Discourse + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation
Abstract	The following characteristics of Woelfel and Haller's (1971) Linear Force Aggregation Theory (LFAT) recommend its use to persuasion researchers. It is primarily a descriptive theory that interrelates theoretical propositions with measurement techniques and thereby allows for the generation of precise predictions that can be falsified. Emphasis on description and prediction is the necessary and crucial first step in the formulation of an explanatory social theory; these have been consistently disregarded by previous theories of attitude change. The highly inferential and empirically unjustified assumption that attitudes cause behavior (or that behavior causes attitudes) across all situations is redefined in LFAT so that each is a function of the amount of information received about a particular topic. Redefining the attitude-behavior and/or behavior-attitude causality issue in this manner makes their approach a communication perspective on the development and change of attitudes. Thirdly, Woelfel and Haller take as axiomatic that significant others effect an individual's attitudinal structure and must be included in an adequate theory of attitude change. (Author/LL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01