Steven Breckler

     
Institution
American Psychological Association

Current Position
Executive Director for Science

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Ohio State University, 1983

Research Interests
Attitudes
Research Methods/Assessment

Courses Taught
Attitudes and Social Influence
Introduction to Developmental Psychology
Introduction to Social Psychology
Laboratory Methods in Social Psychology
Multivariate Statistical Methods

 
Steven Breckler
American Psychological Association
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Steven Breckler
Currently Director for Science at the American Psychological Association.

Program Director for Social Psychology at the National Science Foundation (1995-2004).

Faculty member at Johns Hopkins University (1984-1995).


Books:

  • Breckler, S. J., Olson, J. M., & Wiggins, E. C. (2006). Social psychology alive. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Pratkanis, A. R., Breckler, S. J., & Greenwald, A. G. (Eds.). (1989). Attitude structure and function. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Journal Articles:

  • Breckler, S. J. (1994). A comparison of numerical indexes for measuring attitude ambivalence. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 54, 350-365.
  • Breckler, S. J. (1994). Memory for the experience of donating blood: Just how bad was it? Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 15, 467-488.
  • Breckler, S. J. (1990). Applications of covariance structure modeling in psychology: Cause for concern? Psychological Bulletin, 107, 260-273.
  • Breckler, S. J. (1984). Empirical validation of affect, behavior, and cognition as distinct components of attitude. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47, 1191-1205.
  • Breckler, S. J., & Fried, H. (1993). On knowing what you like and liking what you smell: Attitudes depend on the form in which the object is represented. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 228-240.
  • Breckler, S. J., & Wiggins, E. C. (1991). Cognitive responses in persuasion: Affective and evaluative determinants. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 27, 180-200.
  • Breckler, S. J., & Wiggins, E. C. (1989). Affect versus evaluation in the structure of attitudes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 25, 253-271.

Other Publications:

  • Breckler, S. J. (in press). Hold still while I measure your attitude: Assessment in the throes of ambivalence. In G. Haddock & G. Maio (Eds.), Theoretical Perspectives on Attitudes for the 21st Century: The Gregynog Symposium. London: Routledge.
  • Breckler, S. J. (1999). Persuasion. Entry in D. Levinson, J. Ponzetti, & P. Jorgensen (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Emotions. New York, NY: Macmillan Reference.
  • Breckler, S. J. (1993). Emotion and attitude change. In M. Lewis & J. Haviland (Eds.), Handbook of Emotions (pp. 461-473). New York: Guilford Publications.
  • Wiggins, E. C., & Breckler, S. J. (1992). Management of complex civil litigation. In D. K. Kagehiro & W. S. Laupher (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology and Law (pp. 77-94). New York: Springer-Verlag.

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