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Title Cognitive dissonance : reexamining a pivotal theory in psychology / edited by Eddie Harmon-Jones
Edition Second edition
Published Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 303 pages)
Contents Intro; Contributors; Foreword to the First Edition; Foreword to the Second Edition; Preface; 1. An Introduction to Cognitive Dissonance Theory and an Overview of Current Perspectives on the Theory; I. PERSPECTIVES EMPLOYING THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE THEORY; 2. Improving the 1957 Version of Dissonance Theory; 3. A Radical Point of View on Dissonance Theory; 4. Understanding the Motivation Underlying Dissonance Effects: The Action-Based Model; 5. What Is Cognitive Consistency, and Why Does It Matter?; 6. Dissonance Now: How Accessible Discrepancies Moderate Distress and Diverse Defenses
II. THE ROLE OF THE SELF IN DISSONANCE7. Dissonance, Hypocrisy, and the Self-Concept; 8. Self-Affirmation Theory: An Update and Appraisal; 9. In Search of the Motivation for Dissonance Reduction: The Drive to Lessen Aversive Consequences; III. MATHEMATICAL MODELS, NEURAL ACTIVATIONS, AND AFFECTIVE RESPONSES; 10. Modeling Cognitive Dissonance as a Parallel Constraint Satisfaction Network With Learning; 11. Neural Basis of Cognitive Dissonance; 12. Moving Beyond Attitude Change in the Study of Dissonance-Related Processes: An Update on the Role of Discomfort
Appendix A: Social Communication and Cognition: A Very Preliminary and Highly Tentative DraftAppendix B: Reflections on Cognitive Dissonance: 30 Years Later; Appendix C: Historical Note on Festingerʼs Tests of Dissonance Theory; About the Editor
Summary This volume describes advances in the theory of cognitive dissonance, from its origination in 1954 to the present day
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 04, 2019)
Subject Cognitive dissonance -- Congresses
Cognitive dissonance.
Psychology.
Cognitive Dissonance
Psychology
psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology
Psychology
Cognitive dissonance
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Harmon-Jones, Eddie, editor.
LC no. 2018044132
ISBN 9781433830778
1433830779
1433830108
9781433830105