Expectancy, value, and attitudinal semantics
โ Scribed by JOHN L. SMITH
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 686 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0046-2772
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โฆ Synopsis
A novel single-attribute test between competing expectancy-value models of attitude was devised using subjects' ratings of clusters of statements located at a range of points within a three-dimensional semantic space with expectancy, value and attitude as the co-ordinates. The data provided strongest support for a model using bipolar scoring for evaluation and unipolar scoring for expectancy.
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