Perspectives on Cognitive DissonancePublished in 1976, Perspectives on Cognitive Dissonance is a valuable contribution to the field of Social Psychology. |
Contents
CHOICE | |
FORESEEABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY | |
EVIDENCE ON FUNDAMENTAL PROPOSITIONS | |
AWARENESS OF INCONSISTENT COGNITIONS | |
REGRET AND OTHER SEQUENTIAL PROCESSES | |
SELECTIVE EXPOSURE | |
INTERPERSONAL PROCESSES | |
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES | |
RELATED THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS | |
ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS OF DISSONANCE PHENOMENA | |
APPLICATIONS | |
PERSPECTIVES | |
Author Index | |
MODES OF RESPONSE TO DISSONANCE | |
MOTIVATIONAL EFFECTS OF DISSONANCE | |
RESISTANCE TO EXTINCTION AND RELATED EFFECTS | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abnormal and Social Aronson assumed attitude change attractiveness behavioral commitment Bem's Bramel Brehm Brock Carlsmith Chapter choice cognitive dissonance cognitive dissonance theory cognitive elements Cohen concept condition consequences consistent consonant and dissonant counterattitudinal Crano created decision delayed auditory feedback disconfirmation discrepant discussed dissonance arousal dissonance effects dissonance processes dissonance theory dissonance-arousing dissonant cognitions drive effort essay evaluation evidence example expected experiment Experimental Social Psychology fait accompli favorable Festinger's homosexual implies important incentive inconsistent increased individual difference initial attitudes involved Journal of Experimental Journal of Personality justification Kiesler manipulation measure mode of dissonance motivation negative notion original belief Pallak paradigm performance Personality and Social positive possible predicted prior procedure psychoanalytic theory reactance reasoning reduce dissonance regret reinforcement relationship relevant resistant to change responsibility reward salience secondary reinforcement selective exposure self-concept self-esteem self-perception theory situation stimuli subjects were asked task theoretical variable Walster Wicklund