Research Papers

Attitudes, Attitude Change, and Social Influence

Kelman, H.C. Interests, relationships, identities: Three central issues for individuals and groups in negotiating their social environment. In S.T. Fiske, A.E. Kazdin, & D.L. Schacter (Eds.), Annual Review of Psychology (Vol. 57, pp. 1-26) Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews, 2006.
Kelman, H.C. Continuity and change: My life as a social psychologist. In A.H. Eagly, R.M. Baron, & V.L. Hamilton, (Eds.), The social psychology of group identity and social conflict: Theory, application, and practice (pp. 233-275). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2004. (PDF: 3MB)
Kelman, H.C. Ethical limits on the use of influence in hierarchical relationships. In J. M. Darley, D. Messick, & T. R. Tyler (Eds.), Social influences on ethical behavior in organizations (pp. 11-20). Mahwah, NJ, and London: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2001.
Kelman, H.C. Reflections on the social and psychological processes of legitimization and delegitimization. In J.T. Jost & B. Major (Eds.), The psychology of legitimacy: Emerging perspectives on ideology, justice, and intergroup relations (pp. 54-73). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Kelman, H.C. The social context of torture: Policy process and authority structure. In R.D. Crelinsten & A.P. Schmid (Eds.), The politics of pain: Torturers and their masters (pp. 21-38). Leiden, The Netherlands: COMT, University of Leiden, 1993.

Kelman, H.C. The role of action in attitude change. In H.E. Howe, Jr., & M.M. Page (Eds.), Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1979: Attitudes, values, and beliefs (pp. 117-194). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1980. (PDF: 2.64MB)
Kelman, H.C. Social influence and linkages between the individual and the social system: Further thoughts on the processes of compliance, identification, and internalization. In J. Tedeschi (Ed.), Perspectives on social power (pp. 125-171). Chicago: Aldine, 1974.
Kelman, H.C. Attitudes are alive and well and gainfully employed in the sphere of action. American Psychologist , 29 (1974): 310-324.
Kelman, H.C. The role of the group in the induction of therapeutic change. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy , 13 (1963): 399-432.
Kelman, H.C. Processes of opinion change. Public Opinion Quarterly, 25 (1961): 57-78.
Kelman, H.C. Compliance, identification, and internalization: Three processes of attitude change. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2, no. 1 (1958): 51-60.
Kelman, H.C. Attitude change as a function of response restriction. Human Relations, 6 (1953): 185-214. (PDF: 2.14MB)