The Theory of Cognitive Dissonance: A Current Perspective
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Dissonance also drives us to change future actions and behavior to restore consistency.
“This dissonance also motivates us to change our future actions and behavior for achieving consonance (Aronson, 1969).”
From Understanding Blind Users' Web Accessibility and Usability Problems (2010) · cites this paper as Aronson, 1969
Cognitive dissonance grows with a decision's importance, impact, and difficulty of reversal.
“Cognitive dissonance increases with the importance and impact of a decision, along with the difficulty of reversing it (Aronson, 1969).”
From Understanding Blind Users' Web Accessibility and Usability Problems (2010) · cites this paper as Aronson, 1969
The motive is to maintain a global narrative of oneself as a moral and adaptive actor, not a specific self-concept.
“First, the motive is to maintain a global narrative of oneself as a moral and adaptive actor (”
From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Aronson 1969
High-self-esteem people act more defensive in other contexts.
“Low-self-esteem participants act more defensive in some contexts ( Jaremka et al. 2011), whereas high-self-esteem people act more defensive in others (Landau & Greenberg 2006; see also Aronson 1969).”
From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Aronson 1969
Reporting low engagement in valued action may elicit dissonance and motivate greater engagement in valued action on subsequent days.
“For example, reporting low engagement in valued action may elicit dissonance for an individual and motivate greater engagement in valued action on the subsequent day(s) [107,108].”
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- Authors
- Aronson, E.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Corresponding author
- Aronson, Elliot
- Venue
- Advances in experimental social psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 1969
- Pages
- 1-34
- ISSN
- 0065-2601 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1539416494
- Cited by
- 950
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 287.75
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Advances in experimental social psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychology of Social Influence
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Keywords
- cognitive dissonance, dissonance reduction, attitude change
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