G. Tarcan Kumkale

     
Institution
Koc University

Current Position
Assistant Professor

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Social Psychology from University of Florida, 2004

Research Interests
Applied Social Psychology
Attitudes
Communication
Health
Persuasion/Social Influence
Research Methods/Assessment

Courses Taught
Attitudes and Persuasion
Introduction to Psychology
Personality
Research Methods
Social Psychology
Testing and Measurement

 
G. Tarcan Kumkale
Department of Psychology
Koc University
Rumelifeneri Yolu Sariyer
34450 Istanbul
Turkey

Phone: +90 212 338 1412
Fax: +90 212 338 3760


G. Tarcan Kumkale
My current research focuses on attitudes and persuasion, delayed effects of persuasive messages, normative considerations in behavior change, meta-analytic review of behavior-change interventions, overspending, organ donation, and data mining.


Journal Articles:

  • Albarracín, D., Cohen, J. B., & Kumkale, G. T. (2003). When communications collide with recipients’ actions: Effects of post-message behavior on intentions to follow the message recommendation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 834-845.
  • Albarracín, D., & Kumkale, G. T. (2003). Affect as information in persuasion: A model of affect identification and discounting. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 453-469.
  • Albarracín, D., Kumkale, G. T., & Johnson, B. T. (2004). Influences of social power and normative support on condom use decisions: A research synthesis. Aids Care, 16, 700-723.
  • Albarracín, D., McNatt, P. S., Findley-Klein, C., Ho, R., Mitchell, A., & Kumkale, G. T. (2003). Persuasive communications to change actions: An analysis of behavioral and cognitive impact in HIV prevention. Health Psychology, 22, 166-177.
  • Gülgöz, S., Kumkale, G. T., Aktunç, M. E., & Eskenazi, T. T. (2000). Designing learnable texts: The effectiveness of revisions based on a text-processing model. Document Design, 1, 103-114.
  • Kumkale, G. T., & Albarracín, D. (2004). The sleeper effect in persuasion: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 130, 143-172.
  • Kumkale, G. T., Albarracín, D., & Seignourel, P. (in press). The effects of source credibility in the presence or absence of prior attitudes: Implications for the design of persuasive communication campaigns. Journal of Applied and Social Psychology.

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