SOCPSY 1Z03 Final: Social Psychology Final Exam Review

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 1Z03
• Professor: Paul Glavin

Document Summary

Vertical structure: signify that a minor belief is derived from primitive belief. Ex. don"t have sex before marriage because of our belief in god. Horizontal structure: a certain belief comes from many underlying beliefs. Ex. don"t have sex before marriage because it can lead to teenage pregnancy. Ex. you"re an a student, but failed your midterm. Disregarding= ignore/forget about the test, changing= you don"t believe you"re an a student anymore, distorting= the test was unfair, adding= i was sick that day. Festinger and carlsmith (1959: experimental design participants were told to do a boring task, inserting pegs into a board, they were asked to rate the task, and then persuade another participant that the task was interesting. By doing this, they were given either , or as incentive: less dissonance for group, they added cognition i"m getting paid, who cares! . Participants given , rated the task more interesting, in order to reduce dissonance.