Cognitive Dissonance Student Name PSY/400 Instructor Date Situation and Subsequent Behavior Richard is driving along a lonely road late at night after working late that day. He has a 4-year-old daughter who he has not spent much time with the entire week because of the long project that makes him work late. Similarly‚ he has not been having dinner with his family because he always gets home past dinner time. On this particular day‚ Richard leaves work a bit earlier in an attempt to get
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Introduction The words Cognitive Dissonance were fascinatingly interesting; therefore more research went into the origin of these two words. Both words are Middle English‚ which was the English in use from 12th to 15th centuries and both used in the 15th century [ (Merriam-Webster‚ 2011) ]. Cognitive is an adjective meaning‚ there is physical activity involving the mind; be it: thinking‚ reasoning or remembering. Dissonance is a noun meaning‚ when there is a tug-of- war between one’s actions and
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HDFS 276 November 1‚ 2011 Cognitive Dissonance in my Life When I first looked through the guidelines of this report‚ it was clear that I had the perfect beginning topic. Recently‚ my older brother has come out to the family about feeling gender confused. This was evident in our childhood because he always seemed awkward with his body and growing up‚ he didn’t have very many friends. My brother has always been a little different to the rest of the world‚ my parents used to say he “marches to
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The theory of cognitive dissonance By Adam Kowol Contents: 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................... 2 2. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES........................................... 2 3. MAJOR COGNITIVE DISSONANCE PHENOMENA ...................................... 4 4. REVISIONS AND ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS .............................. 9 5. TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE THEORY...........
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Cognitive Dissonance Julie Cortez-Knapp Week 2 Assignment 2 Week 2 M.Hufnagel Cognitive Dissonance We are all customers. We all purchase items every day out of need or desire. Every day we are marketed to. We are satisfied with our purchases and have no regrets‚ most of the time. Other times‚ we purchase high risk items like computers or cars. The higher risk items bring higher chances of cognitive dissonance aka buyers’ remorse. There is cultural‚ social
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Cognitive Dissonance Theory Paper 1 Cognitive Dissonance Theory Paper Psy 400 Axia Online Cognitive Dissonance Theory Paper 2 Introduction The cognitive dissonance theory has many possible scenarios and examples chosen throughout life. The theory will be either enhanced or decreased depending on a number of factors such as the person’s moral values‚ social upbringing‚ and social status at work‚ religious
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Psych Cognitive Dissonance Cognitive dissonance theory has been around since the late fifties. It has inspired many psychologists to figure out the murky depths of people’s minds. The theory relates strongly to decision making‚ social phenomenons and mental angst. Many paradigms exist within cognitive dissonance. Two important paradigms are the Belief Disconfirmation paradigm and the Free Choice paradigm. There are several experiments that have been studied that relate to cognitive dissonance‚ including
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Cognitive Dissonance How do human beings make decisions? What triggers a person to take action at any given point? These are all questions that I will attempt to answer with my theoretical research into Leon Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance‚ as well as many of the other related theories. We often do not realize the psychological events that take place in our everyday lives. It is important to take notice of theories‚ such as the balance theory‚ the congruency theory and the cognitive
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second semester student of the ‘Mass Communication & Journalism’ department. Although it is very early‚ I have learnt lots of things about communication & related to communication from our classes. One of the things is ‘Cognitive Dissonance’. COGNITIVE DISSONANCE Aesop tells a story (‘The Fox & the Grapes’; the source of the phrase ‘sour grapes’) about a fox that tried in vain to reach a cluster of grapes hanging from a vine high above his head. The fox jumped high to grasp the grapes
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Theory of Cognitive Dissonance Contents Introduction to the Theory of Cognitive Dissonance…………………………………………………………..3 Theories and Research in Cognitive Dissonance………………………………………………………………….4 Cognitive Dissonance - Driving the Escalation of Commitment…………………………………………..6 Cognitive dissonance in the workplace……………………………………………………………………………….8 WAYS TO REDUCE COGNITIVE DISSONANCE……………………………………………………………………….9 HOW CAN A MANAGER/ORGANIZATION HELP REDUCE COGNITIVE DISSONANCE……………
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