EFFECTS OF ATTITUDE ON LEARNING AND MEMORY - INFLUENCE OF INSTRUCTION-INDUCED SETS

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MALPASS, RS
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10.1016/0022-1031(69)90036-5
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B84 [心理学];
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It is hypothesized that selective attention mediates the effect of attitude on learning and memory and that failures to demonstrate the effect are due to task instructions. Forty-two pro- and 42 antidraft subjects read essays congenial or uncongenial with their attitude under either Opinion, Judgment, or Learning instructions. Immediately, and after a delay of 1 week, the subjects were asked to reproduce the essay. Support for the hypotheses was found in a significant Attitude × Communication × Instructions interaction following covariance analysis, and in a significant simple Attitude × Essay interaction for the Judgment instruction. Verbal ability scores were covariate data. Conclusions were that the effect does occur under appropriate conditions and is responsive to task variables. © 1969.
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