Emily Nichols Psych 220‚ Dr. Bikmen 4/28/2016 Lives in Social Psychology: Leon Festinger Leon Festinger was an extremely influential social psychologist‚ known for his studies about cognitive dissonance and social comparison theory. Festinger was born May 8th‚ 1919 in Brooklyn‚ New York‚ to parents Sara and Alex Festinger. His father was an embroidery manufacturer. Festinger attended Boys High School‚ a public school in Brooklyn. After graduating‚ he moved on to City College of New York for undergraduate
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Précis 7 – Describe cognitive dissonance and describe how it is influenced by culture. Cognitive Dissonance Theory is a theory of attitude change proposing that inconsistency exists among our attitudes‚ or between our attitudes and behavior‚ we experience an unpleasant state of arousal called cognitive dissonance‚ which we will be motivated to reduce or eliminate. (Bordens & Horowitz 2001) This is a theory‚ which has been transformed over many decades. Cognitive Dissonance varies between individuals
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Running Head: Cognitive Dissonance Analysis Cognitive Dissonance Analysis: Stepping Out of Assigned Roles Randi Cutler Lehigh University Abstract Research conducted by Leon Festinger and James M. Carlsmith has shown promise for the effects of cognitive dissonance on personal belief‚ and the adjustment of those beliefs to match publicly supported‚ yet contradictory arguments. We are testing to see whether the cognitive dissonance theory can be overcome by explicitly telling participants
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CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT: CREATING COGNITIVE DISSONANCE AMONG CONSUMERS ABSTRACT This paper analyses the various effects of celebrity endorsements on consumer buying behavior through a descriptive study. With a sample size of 100‚ top of mind awareness of various brand endorsed by a celebrity was explored. It also analyses cognitive dissonance among consumers‚ various factors which influence consumer buying behavior and whether any downfall in the celebrity’s image also affects or brings down the
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Journal of Managerial Psychology Emotional dissonance in call centre work Jürgen Wegge Rolf Van Dick Christiane von Bernstorff Article information: Downloaded by UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX At 16:41 03 February 2015 (PT) To cite this document: Jürgen Wegge Rolf Van Dick Christiane von Bernstorff‚ (2010)‚"Emotional dissonance in call centre work"‚ Journal of Managerial Psychology‚ Vol. 25 Iss 6 pp. 596 - 619 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02683941011056950 Downloaded on: 03
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Introduction What is cognitive dissonance? How can it be used in our daily lives? These are some of the questions that social psychologists ask each day to explain people’s behavior. When it comes to how we act as individuals‚ there are all kinds of words and expressions that we can use. We can use words that can describe us physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionally‚ but when it comes to the way that we describe ourselves in our social worlds‚ we have a harder time. Dealing with our social worlds and
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Our judgement is affected by cognitive biases‚ “a cognitive bias refers to systematic patterns of deviation from norm or rationality in judgement‚ whereby inferences about other people and situations may be drawn in an illogical fashion” (Wikipedia‚ 2016). In simpler terms cognitive biases are natural ways our brains work that causes distortions or errors in thought or judgement. There are multiple types of cognitive biases‚ three examples I have experienced are confirmation bias‚ representativeness
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A cognitive bias is described as the subconscious hindrances found in our own ways of thinking. An example of a cognitive bias is the "planning fallacy". Planning fallacy is when we are overly optimistic in the amount of time required to complete a task. I feel as if I run into this problem a lot in my own way of thinking. I am the type of person who likes to have a plan and to be organized‚ but in certain cases the time required for the completion of task longer than I anticipate. This underestimation
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Cognitive biases are tendencies to make decisions in ways that can lead to systematic deviations from a standard of rationality‚ good judgment or optimal outcomes‚ often resulting in the person being worst off. There an overwhelming amount of these biases researched and documented to be in effect during our decision making process by many experiments to confirm their validity. Cognitive biases are useful as mental shortcuts that help reduce mental efforts for faster judgments‚ solve problems‚ and
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The Dissonance of Homelessness Every once in awhile a person may find himself walking down the street‚ strutting his stuff. Then he might hear a couple of chords badly put together‚ poorly strummed‚ and a voice howling to the wind like a lost puppy in the night. This is probably being done by one of many kids who have left home and decided that it has become too much of a hassle to live in the confines of society. Only to leave home‚ work‚ and studies to play their guitar on the side of the street
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