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JAVNO MNENJE I ZDRAVORAZUMSKO MIŠLJENJE
PUBLIC OPINION AND COMMON-SENSE THINKING

Author(s): Mirjana Vasović
Subject(s): Social psychology and group interaction, Behaviorism, Evaluation research
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: public opinion; commonsense theories; atributions;

Summary/Abstract: The writing tries to stress the importance of common-sense theories - the everyday, naive and implicite explanations of social appearances and occurrences - for forming of public opinion attitudes and judgements about different concrete social issues, i.e. on social behavior in general. It was pointed out what are the origins, characteristics and basic psychological functions of these theories.

  • Issue Year: 29/1995
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 77-84
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Serbian