Cognitive Dissonance -

Cognitive Dissonance

Progress on a Pivotal Theory in Social Psychology
Buch | Hardcover
424 Seiten
1999
American Psychological Association (Verlag)
978-1-55798-565-1 (ISBN)
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What mental process does a person go through when he or she continues to do something unhealthy? In 1954, Dr. Leon Festinger described this psychological phenomenon and called it "cognitive dissonance". This text documents the on-going research and debate provoked by this theory.
Tell any smoker that his habit is unhealthy, and he most likely will agree, but continue smoking. What mental process does a person go through when he or she continues to do something unhealthy? When an honest person tells a "white lie", what happens to her integrity? If someone must choose between two equally attractive options, why does one's value judgement of the options change after the choice has been made? In 1954 Dr. Leon Festinger drafted a version of a theory describing the psychological phenomenon that occurs in these situations. He called it "cognitive dissonance": the feeling of psychological discomfort produced by the combined presence of two thoughts that do not follow from one another. Festinger proposed that the greater the discomfort, the greater the desire to reduce the dissonance of the two cognitive elements. The elegance of this theory has inspired psychologists over the last four decades. "Cognitive Dissonance: Perspectives on a Pivotal Theory in Social Psychology" documents the on-going research and debate provoked by this theory.

Improving the 1957 Version on Dissonance Theory; A Radical Point of View on Dissonance Theory; Toward an Understanding of the Motivation Underlying Dissonance Effects - Is the Production of Aversive Consequences Necessary?; Dissonance, Hypocrisy and the Self Concept; Self-Affirmation Theory - an Update and Appraisal; Unwanted Consequences and the Self - In Search of the Motivation for Dissonance Reduction; What Exactly Have I Done? the Role of Self-Attribute Accessibility in Dissonance; A Self-Accountability Model of Dissonance Reduction - Multiple Modes on a Continuum of Elaboration; Computer Simulation of Cognitive Dissonance Reduction; A Multiplicative Power Function Model of Cognitive Dissonance - Toward an Integrated Theory of Cognition, Emotion and Behaviour After Leon Festinger; Moving Beyond Attitude Change in the Study of Dissonance-Related Processes; "Remembering" Dissonance - Simultaneous Accessibility of Inconsistent Elements Moderates Epistemic Discomfort; Appendexes: Social Communication and Cognition; Reflections on Cognitive Dissonance - 30 Years Later; - Historical Note on Festinger's Tests on Dissonance Theory.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 28.2.1999
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Verlagsort Washington DC
Sprache englisch
Gewicht 835 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Verhaltenstherapie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-55798-565-0 / 1557985650
ISBN-13 978-1-55798-565-1 / 9781557985651
Zustand Neuware
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