Psychology Faculty Publications
Document Type
Editorial
Publication Date
8-20-1995
Disciplines
Criminology and Criminal Justice | Law and Psychology | Social Psychology
Abstract
This opinion column employs the Susan Smith child domestic homicide (maternal filicide) case to explore attitude–behavior correspondence. The article describes Richard LaPiere’s (1934) landmark study “Attitudes vs. actions” published in the journal Social Forces and Leonard Bickman's (1972) study “Environmental attitudes and actions” published in the Journal of Social Psychology.
Recommended Citation
Immelman, A. (1995, August 20). Attitude–behavior correspondence? Why Susan Smith was spared [Opinion]. Collegeville and St. Joseph, MN: St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict. http://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/psychology_pubs/109/
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Criminology and Criminal Justice Commons, Law and Psychology Commons, Social Psychology Commons
Comments
A version of this article was published as “Views, actions don’t always match” in the St. Cloud Times, August 20, 1995, p. 9A.
References
Bickman, Leonard (1972). Environmental attitudes and actions. The Journal of Social Psychology, 87(2), 323–324. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1972.9922533
LaPiere, Richard T. (1934). Attitudes vs. actions. Social Forces, 13(2), 230–237. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyp398