Social Information Processing and Survey Methodology
Survey researchers have long been aware that the way in which questions are asked determines the obtained responses. However, the exact processes that mediate response effects remained elusive. In the present volume, cognitive psychologists and survey methodologists explore the cognitive processes t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1987, 1987
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1987 |
| Series: | Recent Research in Psychology
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Editors’ Introduction
- 2. Social Cognition and Social Reality: Information Acquisition and Use in the Laboratory and the Real World
- 3. Information Processing Theory for the Survey Researcher
- 4. Bipolar Survey items: An Information Processing Perspective
- 5. AnswerIng Survey Questions: The RoIe of Memory
- 6. Response Effects in Surveys
- 7. Thinking, Judging, and Communicating: A Process Account of Context Effects in Attitude Surveys
- 8. Attitude Measurement: A Cognitive Perspective
- 9. What Response Scales May Tell your Respondents: Informative Functions of Response Alternatives
- 10. Context Effects on SeIf-Perceptions of Interest in Government and Publie Affairs
- 11. Styles of Interviewing and the Social Context of the Survey-interview
- 12. Perspectives for Future Development
- 13. About the Authors