Level of Identification as a Predictor of Attitude Change.

Williams, Robert H.; Williams, Sharon Ann

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Publication Date: 1987

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Level of Identification as a Predictor of Attitude Change.

Williams, Robert H.; Williams, Sharon Ann

Simulation and Games, v18 n4 p471-87 Dec 1987

Discussion of conditions under which simulation games promote changes in attitudes focuses on identification theory as a predictor of attitude change. Incentive theory and cognitive dissonance theory are discussed, and a study of community college students is described that tested the role of identification in changing attitudes. (LRW)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Change, Cognitive Dissonance, Community Colleges, Hypothesis Testing, Identification (Psychology), Interviews, Predictor Variables, Pretests Posttests, Student Attitudes, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges

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