Consumer Behavior and Advertising Involvement: Selected Works of Herbert E. Krugman(Marketing and Consumer Psychology)

This book is an honor to the many important contributions of Herbert Krugman, past president of APA, The Division of Consumer Psychology and The Association for Public Opinions Research. This reader contains his selected works in Consumer Behavior and Advertising which combine insights from Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology and Survey Methodology. William Wells, University of Minnesota, has provided the foreword and section overviews for the book which will help it appeal to all academics and students of consumer research.

About the Author :
From 1967 to his retirement in 1983, Herbert E. Krugman was manager of corporate public opinion research at the General Electric Company. He was previously research vice president for Marplan, for Ted Bates Advertising, and for the indutrial design firm of Raymond Loewy. Dr. Krugman received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1952 and his B.S.S. from CCNY in 1942. He is past-president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, of the Division of Comsumer Psychology of the American Psychological Association, and of the Market Research Council of New York. He has served on the faculties of Yale, Princeton and Columbia Universities and has been a trustee of the Marketing Science Institute in Cambridge, a director of the Advertising Research Foundation and chairman of the Research Policy Committee of the Association of National Advertisers.

Review :
" I think the compilation of Krugman's work is great. Where can I buy one right now The breadth of his topics is wonderful, touching on many important persuasion topics in Consumer Behavior, media and advertising. His work spans almost four decades, going back to the post war days and propaganda and forward to the media and advertising studies in the 70s and 80s. I would think this would be a great reference book on a number of persuasion topics with excellent cross referencing possibilities. I don't think the consumer scientists of today are aware of the breadth of his contribution to this body of knowledge." -David Schumann, University of Tennesee "Herbert Krugman had the enduring belief that social science research methods, including physiological responses measured in the laboratory, predict important behavior in the outside world. Another is an underlying assumption that academic social science theories, especially theories from academic psychology, provide useful guidance to managers who govern day to day events. The chapters in this book report efforts to apply social science theories and methods in studies of consumer preferences?" -William D. Wells, University of Minnesota "Graduate students, new and established practitioners, and contemporary researchers will benefit from an examination of how Herbert Krugman addresses fundamental issues associated with understanding, predicting, and influencing consumer behavior" - Curtis P. Haugtvedt, The Ohio State University