Consonance and dissonance

Cognitive dissonance can explain how effective an argument may be if the argument largely appeals to the beliefs of the people receiving the information. The theory of cognitive dissonance being that when a person’s perceptions or actions begin to conflict with their beliefs, they will experience an aversive intrapersonal state of tension known as cognitive dissonance, which is motivational in nature as individuals will employ dissonance-reduction techniques in order to restore cognitive…

themselves similarly across all four contexts. Furthermore, one study looked at cognitive dissonance in Japanese and Canadian. Cognitive dissonance refers to the pressure caused by conflicting behaviors and thoughts. In order to reduce the stress caused by cognitive dissonance, people often match their thoughts with their behaviors (rationalizations). People of collectivist cultures should have less cognitive dissonance due to the fact that they usually behave not according to their internal…

Belief Perseverance and how it Affects us in Today’s Society Ayesha Rawlins Florida International University Belief Perseverance and how it Affects us in Today’s Society Many people may not be familiar with the term belief perseverance or confirmation bias, but we all experience these phenomena without even realizing it. Belief perseverance refers to the biasness towards information that agrees with our personal values even though they have been discredited or proven false. There has been…

Provide an example of cognitive dissonance from your own life. There have been many situations in my life that falls under the theory of cognitive dissonance, but I will narrow my example down to when I use to smoke marijuana. A cognitive dissonance is the discomfort that is caused when two cognitions (beliefs, attitudes) conflict, or when our behavior conflicts with our attitudes (Aronson, Wilson, Akert, Sommers, 2013, p.158). For some people smoking marijuana not produce discomfort, but for me…

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word disparity means the quality or state of being different. It listed synonyms of disparities such contrast, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distance, diversity, otherness, and unlikeness. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary defined the word disparity as a great difference. This source stated that the term disparity was originated in the 1550’s and derived from the Latin word paritas, the Late Latin…

Graduate Student Extra Paper: Cognitive Dissonance Theory Cognitive dissonance is a state that a person may enter when their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are not aligned with each other. This inconsistency causes dissonance, which is unwanted, so a person can be motivated to remove if the dissonance becomes too strong. To feel this dissonance, a person will need to feel responsible for their actions and the consequences of their actions. These consequences need to be aversive, irrevocable,…

Leon Festinger’s cognitive dissonance theory revolutionized the world of social psychology. It did so by focusing on the on-going cognitions in people’s minds, particularly- dissonant cognitions. His model stated that unpleasant feelings produced by dissonant cognitions motivate us to do something to change our state. My essay will focus on the reduction of dissonance, as I noted it to be an interesting phenomena which can be done in a multitude of ways- the most convenient being convincing…

people reject certain truths and facts that contradict their ideology and worldview. Belief and anxiety have a direct relationship to rumor transmission due to a person 's wants and needs, propaganda, ideology, bias assimilation, and cognitive dissonance. In Pezzo and Becksteads “A Multilevel Analysis of…

better than Sansa; as the result, she starts to engage in masculine activities. At last, Arya 's persistence and resistance of masculinity can be explained by her motivation to reduce the gap between her behaviors and thinking. According to cognitive dissonance theory, discrepancy between attitudes and behaviors…

Leon Festinger’s (1957) cognitive dissonance theory holds that people seek to reduce inharmonious cognitions. Like dissonant notes in music, these inconsistent thoughts are very grating to the individual. Measures must be taken to alleviate the tension brought on by the inconsistency. The intensity of the dissonance depends on the ratio between dissonant cognitions. The desire to relieve that pressure will intensify as the gap becomes wider. Cognitive dissonance reduction methods include:…