Cognitive consistency : a fundamental principle in social cognition / edited by Bertram Gawronski, Fritz Strack.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gawronski, Bertram.

Strack, Fritz, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive consistency.

Social perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (513 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume provides an overview of recent research on the nature, causes, and consequences of cognitive consistency. In 21 chapters, leading scholars address the pivotal role of consistency principles at various levels of social information processing, ranging from micro-level to macro-level processes. The book's scope encompasses mental representation, processing fluency and motivational fit, implicit social cognition, thinking and reasoning, decision making and choice, and interpersonal processes. Key findings, emerging themes, and current directions in the field are explored, and

Contents:

Cognitive consistency as a basic principle of social information processing / Bertram Gawronski and Fritz Strack

Mental representation

Cognitive conflict and consciousness / Ezequiel Morsella, Pareezad Zarolia, and Adam Gazzaley

A neuroscientific perspective on dissonance, guided by the action-based model / Eddie Harmon-Jones, Cindy Harmon-Jones, and David M. Amodio

Parallel constraint satisfaction as a mechanism for cognitive consistency / Stephen J. Read and Dan Simon

Fluency and fit

Fluency of consistency : when thoughts fit nicely and flow smoothly / Piotr Winkielman, David E. Huber, Liam Kavanagh, and Norbert Schwarz

Nonpropositional consistency / Sascha Topolinski

Motivational fit / E. Tory Higgins

Implicit social cognition

Balanced identity theory : review of evidence for implicit consistency in social cognition / Dario Cvencek, Anthony G. Greenwald, and Andrew N. Meltzoff

Implicit ambivalence / Richard E. Petty, Pablo Briñol, and India Johnson

Discrepancies between implicit and explicit attitudes, prejudices, and self-esteem: a model of simultaneous accessibility / Christian H. Jordan, Christine Logel, Steven J. Spencer, and Mark P. Zanna

Thinking and reasoning

Mental models and consistency / Philip N. Johnson-Laird

Cognitive consistency as means to an end : how subjective logic affords knowledge / Arie W. Kruglanski and Garriy Shteynberg

Decision making and choice

The dynamics of ambivalence : evaluative conflict in attitudes and decision making / Frenk van Harreveld, Iris K. Schneider, Hannah Nohlen, and Joop van der Pligt

Self-produced decisional conflict due to incorrect metacognitions / Lottie Bullens, Jens Forster, Frenk van Harreveld, and Nira Liberman

Regret, consistency, and choice : an opportunity : mitigation framework / Keith D. Markman and Denise R. Beike

Consistency as a basis for behavioral interventions : using hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance to motivate behavior change / Jeff Stone

Interpersonal processes

Balance principles in attitude formation and change : the desire to maintain consistent cognitions about people / Eva Walther and Rebecca Weil

Cognitive consistency in prejudice-related belief systems : integrating old-fashioned, modern, aversive, and implicit forms of prejudice / Bertram Gawronski, Paula M. Brochu, Rajees Sritharan, and Fritz Strack

Stereotype confirmation and disconfirmation / Jeffrey W. Sherman, Thomas J. Allen, and Dario L. M. Sacchi

Adhering to consistency principles in an unjust world : implications for sense-making, victim blaming, and justice judgments / Kees van den Bos and Marjolein Maas

Interpersonal cognitive consistency and the sharing of cognition in groups / Ernest S. Park, R. Scott Tindale, and Verlin B. Hinsz

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-43126-2

9786613431264

1-60918-947-7

OCLC:

772845651