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Attitude Importance: Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Passionately Held Views
Author(s) -
Eaton Asia A.,
Visser Penny S.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
social and personality psychology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.699
H-Index - 53
ISSN - 1751-9004
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2008.00125.x
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , social psychology , attitude , state (computer science) , positive attitude , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , algorithm , neuroscience
Abstract People care passionately about some attitudes and consider them deeply important, and they accord no particular significance to other attitudes. In the current paper, we review the state of the psychological literature on attitude importance. We consider the factors that cause people to attach importance to some attitudes but not to others, and we review the cognitive, affective, and behavioral consequences of attaching importance to an attitude. Finally, we explore several open questions regarding attitude importance, charting a course for future research in this area.