The Seminal Contribution of Richard LaPiere’s Attitudes vs Actions (1934) Research Study

Authors

Michael W. Firmin, Cedarville UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2010

Journal Title

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volume

39

Issue

1

First Page

18-

Last Page

20

Abstract

The work of LaPiere has become a truly seminal research study for a variety of reasons. These include the following: (i) it began a chain of research events and the influence has continued to contemporary social psychology; (ii) the fundamental questions that LaPiere pioneered remain today; (iii) the study has shown itself to be relatively robust; (iv) the study is unreplicable today; and (v) measuring real-life incidents provided apt external validity to the study and opened social psychology to the world of field studies.

Keywords

LaPiere

Recommended Citation

Firmin, M. (2010). The seminal contribution of Richard LaPiere’s attitudes vs actions (1934) research study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 39, 18-20.