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Persuasion & Decision Making

Each day, you probably make hundreds of decisions. Everything from "what should I wear today" to "what do I want for dinner" entails our understanding the factors which may influence those choices. Here at the University of Utah, several of our faculty study attitudes and decision making. The approaches and topics vary how attitude accessibility affects the choices we make; how we can get people to reduce the use of toxic chemicals, use mass transit, or recycle; how stigmatization plays a role in information processing; and how people respond to lawyers or politicians who attempt to "steal thunder" as a persuasive technique.The resulting research programs and course offerings provide numerous exciting and innovative possibilities to students at all levels, some of which are listed below. In addition, we get together bi-weekly for informal research discussions as part of an ongoing research group.

Faculty: David Sanbonmatsu
Bert N. Uchino
Carol Werner
Paul H. White

Graduate Courses:
  • Attitudes and Persuasion
  • Managerial Negotiation (Business)
Undergraduate Courses:
  • Attitudes and Persuasion
  • Advanced Environment and Behavior
  • Independent research experience on attitudes and decision making projects