To do the analyze of the movie Good Will Hunting though the theory Cognitive Dissonance it required a review of literature with previous research about the topic that support this study. Following is the literature review that examined the variety of studies previously done by scholars in the area about Cognitive Dissonance.
Leon Festinger is the founder of this theory and will be introduced as he is the primary source, following is a subtitle of research other scholars has done within this area, to add diversity to these findings there is added some scholars that criticized the theory towards the end. At the end of this section is a list of criteria that has been applied to analyze the artifact.
Cognitive dissonance: by Leon Festinger
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Festinger is most likely best known for his discoveries and research within the field of attitude behavior for the cognitive dissonance theory (Festinger, L., 1957). According to Festinger’s studies is cognitive dissonance concerned with relations between cognitions. This cognition is any beliefs, opionions, attitudes or knowledge about anything. In the research it is claimed that the cognitive elements can have three possible relations, irrelevant, consonant or …show more content…
He believes that the reason for arousal of dissonance can be powerful enough to change attitudes, it must be persuaded by an indirect approach thorugh the subtle induction of self-persuasion. (Aronson, E. 2003). With an indirect approach the target doesn’t feel attacked with arguments and have the option of resistance as a defense. With dissonance Aronson believes that the target persuade himself by justifying an action or a statement made under conditions of limited justification. In the end the target will believe in the self-justification made. Three years after Leon Festingers book: A theory of cognitive dissonance was published, Aronson was looking to develop an extension about prediction in the theory. He started researching for evolving, and suggested that dissonance theory makes its trongest and clearest predictions when the self-concept of the individual is engaged (Aronson, 1960). He is further stating in one of his books that “dissonance is greatest and clearest when what is involved is not just any two cognitions, but rather a cognition about the self and a piece of behavior that violates that
Leon Festinger is the founder of this theory and will be introduced as he is the primary source, following is a subtitle of research other scholars has done within this area, to add diversity to these findings there is added some scholars that criticized the theory towards the end. At the end of this section is a list of criteria that has been applied to analyze the artifact.
Cognitive dissonance: by Leon Festinger
Cognitive …show more content…
Festinger is most likely best known for his discoveries and research within the field of attitude behavior for the cognitive dissonance theory (Festinger, L., 1957). According to Festinger’s studies is cognitive dissonance concerned with relations between cognitions. This cognition is any beliefs, opionions, attitudes or knowledge about anything. In the research it is claimed that the cognitive elements can have three possible relations, irrelevant, consonant or …show more content…
He believes that the reason for arousal of dissonance can be powerful enough to change attitudes, it must be persuaded by an indirect approach thorugh the subtle induction of self-persuasion. (Aronson, E. 2003). With an indirect approach the target doesn’t feel attacked with arguments and have the option of resistance as a defense. With dissonance Aronson believes that the target persuade himself by justifying an action or a statement made under conditions of limited justification. In the end the target will believe in the self-justification made. Three years after Leon Festingers book: A theory of cognitive dissonance was published, Aronson was looking to develop an extension about prediction in the theory. He started researching for evolving, and suggested that dissonance theory makes its trongest and clearest predictions when the self-concept of the individual is engaged (Aronson, 1960). He is further stating in one of his books that “dissonance is greatest and clearest when what is involved is not just any two cognitions, but rather a cognition about the self and a piece of behavior that violates that