Dolores Albarracín
Martin Fishbein Professor of Communication
Department:
School of Communication
Education:
PhD, Social Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Phone:
215-898-7041
Email:
dalbarracin@asc.upenn.edu Research Themes:
Social and Cultural Psychology
Specific Research Areas:
Attitudes and social cognition. Motivational processes in attitude and behavior change. Action goals and cognitive processes. Applications of social cognition to disease prevention programs. Research Synopsis:
Dr. Albarracín specializes in attitudes and persuasion, the intention-behavior relation, goals, predicting general activity patterns, predicting and changing health risk behaviors, and reviewing the effects of behavioral and clinical treatments in various settings (e.g., through meta-analysis and clinical trials).
Representative Courses:
COMM 557 - Attitudes and Attitude Theory
COMM 406 - Attitudes and Persuasion