Cognitive dissonance : reexamining a pivotal theory in psychology / edited by Eddie Harmon-Jones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harmon-Jones, Eddie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive dissonance--Congresses.

Cognitive dissonance.

Cognitive Dissonance.

Psychology.

Medical Subjects:

Cognitive Dissonance.

Psychology.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 303 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2019.

System Details:

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Summary:

"The first edition of this book was published in 1999. Since then, several theoretical and empirical advances have occurred for dissonance theory. This second edition highlights those advances. For example, chapter four presents a new extension of dissonance theory, referred to as the action-based model. Chapter six considers the connections between dissonance processes and other motivational processes. Chapter five illustrates how dissonance processes play a fundamental role in a broad array of information processes and how the theory then contributes valuable insights into a wide range of phenomena. Chapter ten discusses a new mathematical model of dissonance processes, chapter eleven presents evidence on the neural correlates of dissonance processes. In addition, other chapters that already presented important advances in the first edition have been updated with coverage of more recent research supporting these original advances. Finally, some chapters were reproduced verbatim from the first edition; this occurred for chapters written by authors who are deceased or who have retired. The chapters included in the second edition have been grouped into three parts, organized on the basis of themes shared by the chapters. Part one, consists of chapters discussing work that uses the original version of dissonance theory. Part two, comprises chapters that discuss the revisions of cognitive dissonance theory that use the self as a crucial factor in dissonance processes. Part three, includes a chapter that reviews several mathematical models of dissonance processes and then presents a novel one."--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

An introduction to cognitive dissonance theory and an overview of current perspectives on the theory

I. Perspectives employing the original version of the theory

Improving the 1957 version of dissonance theory

A radical point of view on dissonance theory

Understanding the motivation underlying dissonance effects: The action-based model

What is cognitive consistency, and why does it matter?

Dissonance now: How accessible discrepancies moderate distress and diverse defenses

Dissonance, hypocrisy, and the self-concept

Self-affirmation theory: An update and appraisal

In search of the motivation for dissonance reduction: The drive to lessen aversive consequences

Modeling cognitive dissonance as a parallel constraint satisfaction network with learning

Neural basis of cognitive dissonance

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 draft [by] Leon Festinger (1954)

Appendix B: Reflections on cognitive dissonance: 30 years later [by] Leon Festinger (1987)

Appendix C: Historical notes on Festinger's tests of dissonance theory [by] Judson Mills

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2019.

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Online version: Cognitive dissonance

ISBN:

9781433830105

1433830108

9781433830778

1433830779

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