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Cognitive dissonance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. The "ideas" or "cognitions" in question may include attitudes and beliefs, the awareness of ...
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Leon Festinger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Slide Show Introductory lecture based in part on Em Griffin, A First Look at Communication theory (3rd ed.), McGraw-Hill, 1997. ... Cognitive Dissonance Theory (chapter on Festinger from earlier edition of Griffin) ... A RADICAL DISSONANCE THEORY...
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Cognitive Dissonance Theory, developed by Leon Festinger (1957), is concerned with the relationships among cognitions. A cognition, for the purpose of this theory, may be thought of as a ³piece of knowledge.² The knowledge may be about an attitude, an emotion, a behavior, a value, and so on.
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Theory of Cognitive Dissonance (Hardcover) ... ~ Leon Festinger (Author) ... by Leon Festinger...
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The paper describes one of Festinger's experiments and explains his notion of cognitive dissonance, the condition that results when the balance between attitude and action ... Leon Festinger's Theory of Cognitive Dissonance unknown 2001 ... Comments & Reviews about Leon Festinger's Theory of Cognitive Dissonance...
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This theory was first explored in detail by social psychologist Leon Festinger, who described it this way: ... Festinger, Leon. A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance (Stanford University Press 1957).
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