Sociology 2233 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cognitive Dissonance, Brad Delson

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2233
• Professor: Darren Rainhard

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** this will be one of the 10 mark short answer questions know bruner inside and out** Major claim: while we could do something about our perception, we will likely not. Our perceptual and cognitive tendencies are vey important to us and therefore we do not want to change them. We enjoy being close-minded: all percetual /cognitive tendencies are based on past experience, current interests or need states and vales/attitudes and therefore we will not become open-minded. We will over assimilate the environment, so we will not become open minded: we make sense of the present based on what we know about the past, eg. A person is who she/he was (close minded thought) Final exam - review: someone might justify the behaviour of smoking is to downplay the effects of s(cid:373)oki(cid:374)g, o(cid:396) sa(cid:455) the(cid:455) do it (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) like it.