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Journal Article THE FUNCTIONAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF ATTITUDES Get access DANIEL KATZ DANIEL KATZ The author is Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, former president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and co-editor of Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences and Public Opinion and Propaganda Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 24, Issue 2, SUMMER 1960, Pages 163–204, https://doi.org/10.1086/266945 Published: 01 January 1960
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- 24
- Issue
- 2, Special Issue: Attitude Change
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- 163-163
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Daniel Katz
(1960).
The Functional Approach to the Study of Attitudes.
Public Opinion Quarterly
, 24
(2, Special Issue: Attitude Change)
, 163-163.
https://doi.org/10.1086/266945
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- 10.1086/266945