Cognitive dissonance : progress on a pivotal theory in social psychology /
edited by Eddie Harmon-Jones & Judson Mills.
Bok Engelsk 1999 · Electronic books
| Utgitt | Washington, DC : : American Psychological Association, , c1999.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (xviii, 411 p. ) : ill. ;
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Papers presented at a two-day conference at the University of Texas at Arlington, winter of 1997.. - "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?" "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 ongoing research and debate provoked by this influential theory."--Jacket.
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| Emner | Cognitive dissonance - Congresses
Psychology Social Sciences kognitiv dissonans sosialpsykologi kognitiv-psykologi |
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| ISBN | 1557985650
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