PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cognitive Dissonance, Belief Perseverance, Confirmation Bias

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 221
• Professor: Jennifer Wessel

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Ex: ann would never express any racist attitudes. But she tends to stand farther away form people of a different race other than her own. Expressed, conscious attitudes. (consciously thinking about the question and expressing the answer) Tendency to stick with initial conceptions/ interpretations. Ex: hearing opposing political arguments (then changing personal thoughts to that new information) A tendency to search for information that is in line with your attitudes. Ex: the news outlets we watch, our friends/significant others tend to have similar views. Ho(cid:449) do (cid:455)ou (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s (cid:373)i(cid:374)d o(cid:374)(cid:272)e it is (cid:373)ade up: take the perspective of the other side, listen to explanations for the counter-arguments, imagine if the other side were true. (have them consider alternate viewpoints) Implicit and explicit attitudes differ in their predictability. Explicit: influenced by social desirability (the motivation to appear in accordance with acceptable societal norms. Explicit attitudes more likely to predict behavior when they are specific and potent.