What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Persuasion
- Self-esteem
Zakary L. Tormala spends much of his time researching Social psychology, Persuasion, Metacognition, Certainty and Attitude change.
His Social psychology research incorporates elements of Source credibility and Social cognition.
His work deals with themes such as Self-concept and Information processing, which intersect with Social cognition.
The concepts of his Metacognition study are interwoven with issues in Content, Fluency and Meaning.
As part of one scientific family, Zakary L. Tormala deals mainly with the area of Certainty, narrowing it down to issues related to the Resistance, and often Situational ethics.
His research integrates issues of Developmental psychology, Implicit memory, Expression and Ambivalence in his study of Attitude.
His most cited work include:
- Mediation Analysis in Social Psychology: Current Practices and New Recommendations (1304 citations)
- Thought confidence as a determinant of persuasion: the self-validation hypothesis. (371 citations)
- Implicit Ambivalence From Attitude Change: An Exploration of the PAST Model (262 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Zakary L. Tormala mainly focuses on Social psychology, Persuasion, Certainty, Metacognition and Attitude change.
His Social psychology study typically links adjacent topics like Information processing.
In the subject of general Persuasion, his work in Persuasive communication is often linked to Elaboration, thereby combining diverse domains of study.
His study focuses on the intersection of Certainty and fields such as Attitude strength with connections in the field of Developmental psychology.
His Metacognition research focuses on subjects like Social cognition, which are linked to Self-concept.
In his research, Self validation is intimately related to Self persuasion, which falls under the overarching field of Attitude change.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (77.67%)
- Persuasion (55.34%)
- Certainty (40.78%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Social psychology (77.67%)
- Persuasion (55.34%)
- Certainty (40.78%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Zakary L. Tormala mainly investigates Social psychology, Persuasion, Certainty, Perception and Attitude change.
His Social psychology study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Subject.
The Persuasion study combines topics in areas such as Preference, Making-of, Moderation and Openness to experience.
His Openness to experience research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Self persuasion and Resistance.
Zakary L. Tormala interconnects Uncertainty reduction theory, Receptivity and Group identification in the investigation of issues within Certainty.
His Valence research includes elements of Developmental psychology, Affect and Ambivalence.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- The role of certainty (and uncertainty) in attitudes and persuasion (23 citations)
- Attitude certainty: Antecedents, consequences, and new directions (21 citations)
- When Moderation Fosters Persuasion: The Persuasive Power of Deviatory Reviews (17 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Persuasion
- Self-esteem
His primary areas of study are Social psychology, Persuasion, Certainty, Attitude strength and Power.
His studies in Ambivalence and Feeling are all subfields of Social psychology research.
His Ambivalence study combines topics in areas such as Negativity bias, Positivity offset, Valence, Affective valence and Developmental psychology.
His Feeling research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Metacognition, Subject and Consumer behaviour.
He performs integrative Power and Moderation research in his work.
Zakary L. Tormala merges many fields, such as Conviction and Information processing, in his writings.
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