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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Attitudes are at the core of many topical issues, and a meeting point for
research and discussion. This pervasiveness is not surprising given an attitude's
utility in reducing the complexity of the environment into relatively simple likes
or dislikes of stimuli. How attitudes are formed is usually addressed by means
of evaluative conditioning (EC). EC has been addressed from a traditional cognitive
and a functional account. In this article, we present a different perspective
on EC, which is situated in action control research. This perspective tries to
take advantage of the strengths of both existing EC accounts by focusing on those
cognitive processes that enjoy high levels of experimental control and that are
necessary to explain how stimuli find their way into mental processing and ultimately
into an evaluative response. Implications of this action control based account
for EC research in specific and for attitude research in general are discussed.
author:
- first_name: Eva
full_name: Walther, Eva
last_name: Walther
- first_name: Katarina
full_name: Blask, Katarina
last_name: Blask
- first_name: Georg
full_name: Halbeisen, Georg
id: '85780'
last_name: Halbeisen
orcid: 0000-0002-9529-2215
- first_name: Christian
full_name: Frings, Christian
last_name: Frings
citation:
ama: Walther E, Blask K, Halbeisen G, Frings C. An action control perspective of
evaluative conditioning. European Review of Social Psychology. 2019;30(1):271-310.
doi:10.1080/10463283.2019.1699743
apa: Walther, E., Blask, K., Halbeisen, G., & Frings, C. (2019). An action control
perspective of evaluative conditioning. European Review of Social Psychology,
30(1), 271–310. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2019.1699743
bjps: Walther E et al. (2019) An Action Control Perspective of Evaluative
Conditioning. European Review of Social Psychology 30, 271–310.
chicago: 'Walther, Eva, Katarina Blask, Georg Halbeisen, and Christian Frings. “An
Action Control Perspective of Evaluative Conditioning.” European Review of
Social Psychology 30, no. 1 (2019): 271–310. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2019.1699743.'
chicago-de: 'Walther, Eva, Katarina Blask, Georg Halbeisen und Christian Frings.
2019. An action control perspective of evaluative conditioning. European Review
of Social Psychology 30, Nr. 1: 271–310. doi:10.1080/10463283.2019.1699743,
.'
din1505-2-1: 'Walther, Eva ; Blask, Katarina ; Halbeisen,
Georg ; Frings, Christian:
An action control perspective of evaluative conditioning. In: European Review
of Social Psychology Bd. 30, Informa UK Limited (2019), Nr. 1, S. 271–310'
havard: E. Walther, K. Blask, G. Halbeisen, C. Frings, An action control perspective
of evaluative conditioning, European Review of Social Psychology. 30 (2019) 271–310.
ieee: 'E. Walther, K. Blask, G. Halbeisen, and C. Frings, “An action control perspective
of evaluative conditioning,” European Review of Social Psychology, vol.
30, no. 1, pp. 271–310, 2019, doi: 10.1080/10463283.2019.1699743.'
mla: Walther, Eva, et al. “An Action Control Perspective of Evaluative Conditioning.”
European Review of Social Psychology, vol. 30, no. 1, 2019, pp. 271–310,
https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2019.1699743.
short: E. Walther, K. Blask, G. Halbeisen, C. Frings, European Review of Social
Psychology 30 (2019) 271–310.
ufg: 'Walther, Eva u. a.: An action control perspective of evaluative conditioning,
in: European Review of Social Psychology 30 (2019), H. 1, S. 271–310.'
van: Walther E, Blask K, Halbeisen G, Frings C. An action control perspective of
evaluative conditioning. European Review of Social Psychology. 2019;30(1):271–310.
date_created: 2026-03-27T10:17:54Z
date_updated: 2026-04-08T13:05:22Z
department:
- _id: DEP1500
doi: 10.1080/10463283.2019.1699743
extern: '1'
external_id:
isi:
- '000509308600001'
intvolume: ' 30'
isi: '1'
issue: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 271-310
publication: European Review of Social Psychology
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 1046-3283
- 1479-277X
publication_status: published
publisher: Informa UK Limited
status: public
title: An action control perspective of evaluative conditioning
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83778'
volume: 30
year: '2019'
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