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Anthony R. Pratkanis

Anthony R. Pratkanis   
    Title:  Professor
    Email:  peitho@ucsc.edu
    Phone:  (831) 459-4935 Office
(831) 459-5084 Message
    Office:  365 Social Sciences 2
    Office Hours:  Tuesday & Thursday 12:15-1:15PM

Education History 

M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University
B.S., Eastern Mennonite College

Courses Taught 
PSYC-159I-01 - Soc Psyc Flim-Flam
PSYC-40-01 - Intro Social Psych

Research Focus 

Anthony Pratkanis is interested in social influence--how the social world determines attitudes and beliefs and how, in turn, those individual beliefs affect the social world.

Note: Professor Pratkanis is not accepting new graduate students at this time.

Interests 

Social influence; attitude structure, function, and change.

Selected Publications 

Pratkanis, A. R. and Aronson, E. (2001) The Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion. Revised Edition. New York: W. H. Freeman & Co.