theory of cognitive dissonance

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The theory of cognitive dissonance is a foundational psychological framework explaining how people experience and reduce mental discomfort when their beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors conflict.

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instanceOf psychological theory ⓘ
social psychology theory ⓘ
theory of attitude change ⓘ
appliedIn attitude change research ⓘ
consumer behavior research ⓘ
health psychology ⓘ
organizational behavior ⓘ
political psychology ⓘ
author Leon Festinger ⓘ
coreConcept cognitive dissonance ⓘ
consonant cognitions ⓘ
dissonant cognitions ⓘ
irrelevant cognitions ⓘ
defines cognitive dissonance as psychological discomfort from inconsistent cognitions ⓘ
describedIn A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance ⓘ
developedBy Leon Festinger ⓘ
explains mental discomfort from conflicting attitudes ⓘ
mental discomfort from conflicting behaviors ⓘ
mental discomfort from conflicting beliefs ⓘ
motivation to reduce inconsistency between cognitions ⓘ
field psychology ⓘ
social psychology ⓘ
hasKeyExperiment Festinger and Carlsmith 1959 induced compliance study ⓘ
hasKeyPhenomenon decision dissonance ⓘ
effort justification ⓘ
forced compliance ⓘ
induced compliance ⓘ
selective exposure to information ⓘ
influenced attitude theory ⓘ
persuasion research ⓘ
theory of planned behavior ⓘ
influencedBy Gestalt psychology ⓘ
predicts effort justification ⓘ
insufficient justification effects ⓘ
people avoid information that increases dissonance ⓘ
people seek information that reduces dissonance ⓘ
post-decision dissonance after difficult choices ⓘ
spreading of alternatives after decisions ⓘ
proposesMechanism addition of new cognitions ⓘ
change of attitude ⓘ
change of behavior ⓘ
selective exposure to information ⓘ
trivialization of dissonant cognitions ⓘ
publicationYear 1957 ⓘ
1957 ⓘ
relatedTo balance theory ⓘ
consistency theories ⓘ
self-perception theory ⓘ
status foundational theory in social psychology ⓘ
testsTheory theory of cognitive dissonance ⓘ

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