Teaching Social Psychology's Indispensable Concept: Four New Attitude and Attitude
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Pratkanis, Anthony R.; Santos, M.D.

doi:10.1037/032925

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“…(Zajonc, 1968a, p. 20, italics added) The organism's attitude? "Attitude" has been declared to be social psychology's indispensable concept (Pratkanis & Santos, 1993). With one swoop, Bob's usage signals the admission of members of the animal kingdom into the mainstream.…”

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Zajonc, Cockroaches, and Chickens, c. 1965—1975: A Characterization and Contextualization

Rajecki

2010

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As a social psychologist addressing mainly the topics of social facilitation (motivation) and attitudinal effects of mere exposure (affect), between 1965 and 1975 Robert B. Zajonc authored prominent works that relied on or led to observations of the actions of nonhuman animals. Zajonc pointed to insects, worms, fish, fowl, birds, mice, rats, cats, dogs, monkeys, and apes as animal models whereby responses of beasts were used as evidential substitutes (with apparently equal weight) for responses of man. These efforts notwithstanding, animal-based research no longer has visibility in mainstream social psychology. Reasons for this absence include general historical trends in the field’s development.

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