Icek Ajzen

     
Institution
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Current Position
Professor

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Social Psychology from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1969

Research Interests
Applied Social Psychology
Attitudes
Attribution
Communication
Health
Judgment/Decision Making
Persuasion/Social Influence
Prejudice/Stereotyping
Research Methods/Assessment
Social Cognition

Courses Taught
Attitudes and Opinions
Psychology of Persuasion
Research Methods

 
Icek Ajzen
Department of Psychology
135 Hicks Way, Tobin Hall
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9271
U.S.A.

Home Page
Phone: (413) 545-0509
Fax: (413) 545-0996

Icek Ajzen
My research interests include attitude formation and change, effects of attitudes on behavior, intention-behavior discrepancy, the relation between knowledge and behavior, theory of planned behavior, and habitual versus reasoned action.


Books:

  • Ajzen, I. (2005). Attitudes, personality, and behavior (2nd ed.). Milton-Keynes, England: Open University Press (McGraw-Hill).
  • Ajzen, I., AlbarracĂ­n, D., & Hornik, R. (Eds.). (2007). Prediction and change of health behavior: Applying the reasoned action approach. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Ajzen, I., & Fishbein, M. (1980). Understanding attitudes and predicting social behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
  • Fishbein, M., & Ajzen, I. (2010). Predicting and changing behavior: The reasoned action approach. New York: Psychology Press.
  • Fishbein, M., & Ajzen, I. (1975). Belief, attitude, intention, and behavior: An introduction to theory and research. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Journal Articles:

  • Ajzen, I. (2002). Perceived behavioral control, self-efficacy, locus of control, and the theory of planned behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 665-683.
  • Ajzen, I. (1991). The theory of planned behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 50, 179-211.
  • Ajzen, I., Brown, T. C., & Carvahal, F. (2004). Explaining the discrepancy between intentions and actions: The case of hypothetical bias in contingent valuation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1108-1121.
  • Ajzen, I., & Fishbein, M. (2005). The influence of attitudes on behavior. In D. AlbarracĂ­n, B. T. Johnson, & M. P. Zanna (Eds.), The handbook of attitudes (pp. 173-221). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Bamberg, S., Ajzen, I., & Schmidt, P. (2003). Choice of travel mode in the theory of planned behavior: The roles of past behavior, habit, and reasoned action. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 25, 175-188.
  • Brown, T. C., Ajzen, I., & Hrubes, D. (2003). Further tests of entreaties to avoid hypothetical bias in referendum contingent valuation. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 46, 353-361.
  • Davis, L. E., Ajzen, I., Saunders, J., & Williams, T. (2002). The decision of African American students to complete high school: An application of the theory of planned behavior. Journal of Educational Psychology, 94,810-819.

Other Publications:

  • Ajzen, I. (2001). Nature and operation of attitudes. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 27-58.
  • Ajzen, I., & Fishbein, M. (2000). Attitudes and the attitude-behavior relation: Reasoned and automatic processes. In W. Stroebe & M. Hewstone (Eds.), European Review of Social Psychology (pp. 1-33). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Ajzen, I., & Gilbert Cote, N. (2008). Attitudes and the prediction of behavior. In W. D. Crano & R. Prislin (Eds.), Attitudes and attitude change (pp. 289-311). New York: Psychology Press.

 Page last edited by profile holder: March 4, 2010
 Visits since June 9, 2001:
33,194

Search Profiles Create A Profile Edit Your Profile Social Psychology Network User Policy Help Search Profiles Create A Profile Edit Your Profile Social Psychology Network User Policy Help Social Psychology Network Professional Profiles Social Psychology Network Professional Profiles Social Psychology Network Professional Profiles