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Cognitive Dissonance (Latest Articles)
Latest indexed articles for 'Cognitive Dissonance'
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Compensatory conviction in the face of personal uncertainty: going to extremes and being oneself.
27 Feb 2001 
Study 1 participants' self-integrity (C. M. Steele. 1988) was threatened by deliberative mind-set (S. E. Taylor & P. M. Gollwitzer, 1995) induced uncertainty. They masked the uncertainty with more extreme conviction about social issues. An ...
rec_pub_11300580-compensatory-conviction-face-personal-uncertainty-going-extremes.htm
Alternative medicine and common errors of reasoning.
27 Feb 2001 Why do so many otherwise intelligent patients and therapists pay considerable sums for products and therapies of alternative medicine, even though most of these either are known to be useless or dangerous or have not been subjected to rigorous ...
rec_pub_11242572-alternative-medicine-common-errors-reasoning.htm
Precarious ordering: toward a formal theory of women's caring.
30 Dec 2000 Given the current societal and political trends toward increasing demands on women to provide care, a conceptualization of caring that captures the common processes of diverse women's caring experiences, and makes the consequences of caring for ...
rec_pub_11813794-precarious-ordering-formal-theory-women-s-caring.htm
[Confirmatory information search in simultaneous vs. sequential information presentation]
30 Dec 2000 After having made a preliminary or final decision, people prefer information that supports their chosen alternative to information that conflicts with their choice. Jonas, Schulz-Hardt, Frey, and Thelen (in press) found that sequential presentation ...
rec_pub_11486641-confirmatory-information-search-simultaneous-vs-sequential.htm
A content analysis of smoking craving.
30 Dec 2000 The purpose of this study was to conduct a content analysis of smoking craving in order to investigate more precisely the subjective nature of the construct with the goal of informing assessment. Thirty-two smokers interested in cessation treatment ...
rec_pub_11211283-a-content-analysis-smoking-craving.htm
The discrepancy-attribution hypothesis: I. The heuristic basis of feelings of familiarity.
30 Dec 2000 B. W. A. Whittlesea and L. D. Williams (1998, 2000) proposed the discrepancy-attribution hypothesis to explain the source of feelings of familiarity. By that hypothesis, people chronically evaluate the coherence of their processing. When the quality ...
rec_pub_11204105-the-discrepancy-attribution-hypothesis-heuristic-basis-feelings.htm
30 Dec 2000 In the accompanying article (B. W. A. Whittlesea & L. D. Williams, 2001), surprising violation of an expectation was observed to cause an illusion of familiarity. The authors interpreted that evidence as support for the discrepancy-attribution ...
rec_pub_11204095-the-discrepancy-attribution-hypothesis-ii-expectation-uncertainty.htm
30 Dec 2000 Researchers have conceptualized ambivalence as resulting from the conflicting positive and negative thoughts and feelings that a person holds toward an attitude object (intrapersonal discrepancy). The authors investigated the hypothesis that ...
rec_pub_11195888-extending-bases-subjective-attitudinal-ambivalence-interpersonal.htm
Cognitive biases and addiction: an evolution in theory and method.
30 Dec 2000 An evolution in theoretical models and methodological paradigms for investigating cognitive biases in the addictions is discussed. Anomalies in traditional cognitive perspectives, and problems with the self-report methods which underpin them, are ...
rec_pub_11177519-cognitive-biases-addiction-evolution-theory-method.htm
Complementary and alternative therapy for nasal conditions.
29 Nov 2000 Over two-thirds of patients have tried a complementary therapy before seeking conventional medical help. In view of this it is important that doctors keep abreast of developments in this area and of the range of therapies which are now being ...
rec_pub_11177358-complementary-alternative-therapy-nasal-conditions.htm
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