What is cognitive dissonance (mental discord) you may ask? According to (businessdictionary.com) cognitive dissonance means State of psychological tension arising from incompatibility among a person ’s attitudes‚ behavior‚ beliefs‚ and/or knowledge‚ or when a choice has to be made between equally attractive or repulsive alternatives. It boils down to one of those “Why did I buy that for?” moments. Commonly known as “Buyer’s remorse.” Let’s see as a personal experience of me having cognitive dissonance
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were developed to help explain some but not all of motivated behavior. For example‚ mini-theories might attempt to explain why a student is performing poorly in elementary school or why Mini-theories became popular because they focused largely on cognitive approaches to understanding behavior. They represented a reaction to the idea that humans are inherently passive. They also reflected a growing need for psychology to provide answers to questions that had important social implications or solved problems
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& behave in a particular way towards objects‚ people or events. Characteristics * Remain unchanged for a long period - unless influenced by external forces * Evaluative statements - favorable or unfavorable Components * Cognitive - the opinions‚ values or beliefs of an individual * Affective - the feelings of a person towards something * Behavioral - the intention of a person to behave in a particular way Sources of Attitude * Attitudes are acquired by parents
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thinking. With that‚ she is likely to feel more worthy to the group and make her feel better about herself. According to chapter 16 of Learn Psychology‚ (2013)‚ cognitive dissonance is a discomfort that someone experiences when putting ideas together that conflict with each other. Now in this situation‚ Sarah displays cognitive dissonance when she knows that she has no business going to anyone’s party because if she does‚ she will miss her parent’s curfew. If Sarah chooses not to go to the party
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of attitude is a "readiness of the psyche to act or react in a certain way" (Jung‚ [1921] Most attitudes are the result of either direct experience or observational learning from the environment. Mainly there are 3 components of Attitudes- Cognitive Affective The emotional or feeling segment of an attitude The opinion or belief segment of an attitude Behavioral Attitude An intention to behave in a certain way toward someone or something Moderating Variables The most
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decide to take the purchase back all together due to thinking it overall was not a good purchase. When making the decision to purchase a product the consumer may go through cognitive dissonance. Which is inner tension on feels after noticing a change in their behavior or values. I have experienced cognitive dissonance one time in my life. I purchased a video game system. After purchasing the product I heard from my peers that the game system had poor graphics and overall bad quality. After
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attitude toward the situation. Sarah decides that she wants to go to a party with her friends‚ but she has conflicting beliefs on whether this is right or wrong. She is showing cognitive dissonance in this situation because she is torn between whether she should go or not. According to Saul McLeod’s article on cognitive dissonance‚ this refers to conflicting attitudes‚ beliefs‚ or behaviors (McLeod‚ 2008). Sarah knew she had a curfew and knew that if she didn’t get back in time‚ she would be in trouble
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particular person or issue. It is also suggested by researchers that there are several different components that makes up attitude such as an emotional component which looks at how the person object event or issue makes one feels. It also looks at the cognitive component which takes into consideration the individuals thoughts and beliefs about the particular subject and the behavioural component which looks at how his/her attitude influences their behavior. According to Cherry K.‚ “attitudes can also be
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This document of PSY 301 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 Attitude and Behavior includes: Reflect on the relationship between personal attitudes and resulting behaviors‚ using the Theory of Planned Behavior‚ Cognitive Dissonance Theory‚ and Self-Perception Theory as your references. If someone has a negative attitude toward a particular individual or group‚ for example‚ what are the potential implications of their behavior toward that individual or group? How do implicit and explicit attitudes differ
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Psychology: Attitudes and Persuasion Someones attitude is their perception of objects of thought‚ these are things such as social issues‚ products‚ and the people around them(1). There are three parts to your attitude‚ the cognitive‚ affective‚ and behavioral parts (1). Your cognitive componet is your beliefs about certian objects(1). The affective part is your emotional feelings that are caused be the objects‚ and the behavioral part is the way you act toward that object (1). It is common for different
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