PSY320H1 Chapter 9: psy 320 chapter 9
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The first two page of the chapter are vignettes that illustrate cognitive dissonance theory (cdt) Cdt: incongruity among thoughts/mental elements, two cognitions are in a dissonant relationship when the opposite of one cognitive elements follows from the other. The cognition the world is a beautiful and wonderful place is dissonant with the realization that evil people can kill thousands of innocent people in a single day. : definition. A negative, unpleasant state that occurs whenever a person holds two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent (aronson) Two thoughts can be psychologically not logically inconsistent: e. g. I love junk food is not logically inconsistent with the belief that. Eating junk food is bad for your heart . Some people are better at coping with dissonance than others: (6) people may not always succeed in alleviating dissonance, but they are motivated to try. Up to this point, , theories have emphasized that changes in attitude changes in behaviour.
