Cognitive Dissonance

Author : Leon Festinger
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804709118
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance written by Leon Festinger and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1962 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Evanston, Ill.: Row, Peterson, c1957.

Author : Eddie Harmon-Jones
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
ISBN 13 : 9781433830105
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Dissonance written by Eddie Harmon-Jones and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2019 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume describes advances in the theory of cognitive dissonance, from its origination in 1954 to the present day.

Author : Camille Morvan
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351351877
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Analysis of Leon Festinger's A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance written by Camille Morvan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leon Festinger’s 1957 A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance is a key text in the history of psychology – one that made its author one of the most influential social psychologists of his time. It is also a prime example of how creative thinking and problem solving skills can come together to produce work that changes the way people look at questions for good. Strong creative thinkers are able to look at things from a new perspective, often to the point of challenging the very frames in which those around them see things. Festinger was such a creative thinker, leading what came to be known as the “cognitive revolution” in social psychology. When Festinger was carrying out his research, the dominant school of thought – behaviorism – focused on outward behaviors and their effects. Festinger, however, turned his attention elsewhere, looking at “cognition:” the mental processes behind behaviors. In the case of “cognitive dissonance”, for example, he hypothesized that apparently incomprehensible or illogical behaviors might be caused by a cognitive drive away from dissonance, or internal contradiction. This perspective, however, raised a problem: how to examine and test out cognitive processes. Festinger’s book records the results of the psychological experiments he designed to solve that problem. The results helped prove the existence for what is now a fundamental theory in social psychology.

Author : Judson Mills
Publisher : Amer Psychological Assn
ISBN 13 : 9781557985651
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Dissonance written by Judson Mills and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 1999-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tell any smoker that his habit is unhealthy, and he most likely will agree. 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 his or her sense of 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 past four decades. Cognitive Dissonance: Perspectives on a Pivotal Theory in Social Psychology documents the on-going research and debate provoked by this influential theory.

Author : R. A. Wicklund
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135060045
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Cognitive Dissonance written by R. A. Wicklund and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1976, Perspectives on Cognitive Dissonance is a valuable contribution to the field of Social Psychology.

Author : Giovanni Mattia
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030659232
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Online Impulse Buying and Cognitive Dissonance written by Giovanni Mattia and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-12 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumers’ beliefs and attitudes towards online sales significantly influence buying behavior on the internet. However, the impact of these thoughts and beliefs on the decision to make an online purchase is not direct. It can be moderated by the emotions experienced while browsing an e-commerce website. Impulse buying in particular is influenced by a number of factors, for example how stimulating the e-shopping platform is, and how easy it is to click on the cart a certain product, for instance a smartphone. But what happens after an online impulse buy is made? Often the customer can regret the purchase and in the throes of anxiety, look for reasons to justify the choices made. Consumer behaviour scholars and pyschologists call this phenomenon cognitive dissonance, and certain individuals are more sensitive than others in developing this than others. This book offers a deep investigation around online impulse buying and subsequent cognitive dissonance. Specifically, the authors present a research case study of a group of millenials who are shopping for smartphones to study whether an initial positive state can reduce the onset of cognitive dissonance in consumers. Based on substantial research and a sample of 212 impulsive millennial buyers, the book provides a comprehensive, but simple and synthetic framework of impulse buying, cognitive dissonance and positive affect state, highlighting their relationships.

Author : Nico H. Frijda
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521787345
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emotions and Beliefs written by Nico H. Frijda and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-10-12 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the different ways in which emotions influence beliefs.

Author : Deborah J. Terry
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135685878
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Attitudes, Behavior, and Social Context written by Deborah J. Terry and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999-11-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reasons why people do not always act in accord with their attitudes has been the focus of much social psychological research, as have the factors that account for why people change their attitudes and are persuaded by such influences as the media. There is strong support for the view that attitude-behavior consistency and persuasion cannot be well understood without reference to the wider social context in which we live. Although attitudes are held by individuals, they are social products to the extent that they are influenced by social norms and the expectations of others. This book brings together an international group of researchers discussing private and public selves and their interaction through attitudes and behavior. The effects of the social context on attitude-behavior relations and persuasion is the central theme of this book, which--in its combination of theoretical exposition, critique, and empirical research--should be of interest to both basic and applied social psychologists.

Author : Peter Meusburger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402055552
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clashes of Knowledge written by Peter Meusburger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do traditional distinctions between "belief" and "knowledge" still make sense? How are differences between knowledge and belief understood in different cultural contexts? This book explores conflicts between various types of knowledge, especially between orthodox and heterodox knowledge systems, ranging from religious fundamentalism to heresies within the scientific community itself. Beyond addressing many fields in the academy, the book discusses learned individuals interested in the often puzzling spatial and cultural disparities of knowledge and clashes of knowledge.

Author : Brian Mullen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461246342
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theories of Group Behavior written by Brian Mullen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fall of 1983, we began to organize a symposium entitled "General Social Psychological Theories of Group Behavior." Our goal was to encourage the extension and application of basic current social psychology to group behavior. The symposium was presented in the spring of 1984 at the Eastern Psychological Association convention in Baltimore and the interest that it generated led to discussions with colleagues and friends about similar efforts by social psychologists, eventually resulting in the present book. Some clarification about the contents is in order. First, the theories presented here are clearly social psychological in scope and level of analysis, as discussed in the Introduction (Chapter 1). However, we are not trying to encompass sociological, anthropological, political, or historical theoretical approaches to group behavior. Second, while the theories comprise a wide-ranging and representative, if not quite exhaustive, selection of social psychological theories of group behavior, there are some interesting and general perspectives that are not represented. For example, one perspective that is conspicuous by its absence is some variant of learning theory. Aside from the rare, notable exception (e.g., Buss, 1979), little work currently is being done on group behavior from a learning theoretic perspective. Our inclusion or exclusion of a theory reflects our judgment regarding its currency and accessibility to social psychological researchers.