ATTITUDE HERITABILITY, ATTITUDE-CHANGE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSIVITY

Authors
TESSER A WHITAKER D MARTIN L WARD D
Citation
A. Tesser et al., ATTITUDE HERITABILITY, ATTITUDE-CHANGE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSIVITY, Personality and individual differences, 24(1), 1998, pp. 89-96
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social
Journal title
Personality and individual differences → ACNP
ISSN journal
01918869
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
89 - 96
Database
ISI
SICI code
0191-8869(1998)24:1<89:AHAAPR>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
This study explores the role of attitude heritability in connection wi th attitude change as a result of attitude discrepant behavior. Thirty four subjects were given high or low choice to write an essay which w as discrepant from either a high heritability attitude or a low herita bility attitude. High heritability attitudes were more resistant to ch ange than low heritability attitudes. Attitude change was associated w ith greater electrodermal responding and faster heart rate for high he ritability attitudes but not for low heritability attitudes. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.