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Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Cameron, David Lansing; Høigaard, Rune – Educational Psychology, 2016
Understanding the underlying processes influencing college students' academic achievement represents an important goal of educational research. The aim of the present study was to examine the utility of the extended Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and the relative influence of cognitive processes and measures of past behaviour in the prediction…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Grades (Scholastic), College Students, Cognitive Processes
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Sarup, Gian – Social Behavior and Personality, 1981
Contrasted three major theories on attitude change: cognitive dissonance, incentive, and social judgment. Results from student questionnaires provided little support for cognitive dissonance. Also provided credible, though overlapping, evidence for incentive and social judgment theories. Improvised role playing produced more change than did…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, College Students