PSY-P 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cognitive Dissonance, Jane Elliot, Confirmation Bias
18 Oct 2017
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We like people who are like us; birds of a feather flock together , mere exposure effect- repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases our liking for them. Experiment: cognitive dissonance is an unpleasant state of psychological tension that occurs when there is an inconsistency between two thoughts or perceptions, festinger experiment-leon festinger and james m. carlsmith (1959) conducted an experiment. The students were asked to perform a tedious task involving using one hand to turn small spools a quarter clockwise turn. The purpose was to make the task uninteresting and unexciting enough that none of the participants could possibly find it enjoyable. The experimental condition involved telling the subject before the experiment started that it would be fun, while the control condition did not set any expectations for the task. The control subjects were asked to go to a room to be interviewed.
