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Cognitive Dissonance (Latest Articles)
Latest indexed articles for 'Cognitive Dissonance'
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30 Aug 2000 
Theory-motivated reasoning biases arise when different reasoning skills are invoked to evaluate evidence that is congruent or incongruent with individuals' belief systems. To explore this phenomenon, 66 early and 73 middle adolescents evaluated ...
rec_pub_11108100-motivated-scientific-reasoning-biases-epistemological-beliefs-theory.htm
30 Aug 2000 This experiment examined the effects of pattern of disconfirming information (concentrated vs. dispersed) and processing instructions (focus on similarities vs. differences vs. control) on stereotype change. If subtyping and perceived typicality are ...
rec_pub_11041010-pattern-disconfirming-information-processing-instructions.htm
Negotiating cultural consensus in a breast cancer self-help group.
30 Aug 2000 This article describes a shared model of the breast cancer experience negotiated by the members of a spontaneously organized breast cancer self-help group in eastern North Carolina. In the course of sharing their personal experience narratives with ...
rec_pub_11036585-negotiating-cultural-consensus-breast-cancer-self-help-group.htm
Do innocent victims threaten the belief in a just world? Evidence from a modified Stroop task.
30 Jul 2000 Two experiments tested whether innocent victims threaten observers' belief in a just world. In both experiments, participants viewed an innocent victim then performed a modified Stroop task in which they identified the color of several words ...
rec_pub_10948971-do-innocent-victims-threaten-belief-just-world-evidence-modified.htm
Investigating a memory-based account of negative priming: support for selection-feature mismatch.
30 Jul 2000 Using typical and modified negative priming tasks, the selection-feature mismatch account of negative priming was tested. In the modified task, participants performed selections on the basis of a semantic feature (e.g., referent size). This ...
rec_pub_10946726-investigating-memory-based-account-negative-priming-support-selection.htm
29 Jun 2000 To study the processes by which past behavior influences future behavior, participants were led to believe that without being aware of it, they had expressed either support for or opposition to the institution of comprehensive exams. Judgment and ...
rec_pub_10909874-the-cognitive-impact-past-behavior-influences-beliefs-attitudes.htm
Contextual connections within puns: effects on perceived humor and memory.
30 Mar 2000 The supposition that perceived humor or cleverness would be enhanced by adding separate content to the alternative meanings of a pun was explored, using Tom Swifties as the research vehicle. Because detecting a punning word relationship might induce ...
rec_pub_10843261-contextual-connections-puns-effects-perceived-humor-memory.htm
Some empirical evidence for ecological dissonance theory.
30 Mar 2000 Using Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory as a model, the extension to Barker's ecological theory, referred to as ecological dissonance theory, was developed. Designed to examine the motivational dynamics involved when environmental systems are ...
rec_pub_10840889-some-empirical-evidence-ecological-dissonance-theory.htm
Narratives of smoking relapse: the stories of postpartum women.
30 Mar 2000 Many women who stop smoking during pregnancy relapse soon after the birth of their infants. Using narrative research, experiences of smoking relapse were explored using interviews with 27 postpartum women. The stories of relapse were analyzed to ...
rec_pub_10782871-narratives-smoking-relapse-stories-postpartum-women.htm
The effect of self-discrepancy and discrepancy salience on alcohol consumption.
28 Feb 2000 The effect of self-discrepancy magnitude and salience on alcohol consumption was examined in an ad lib drinking study in order to evaluate the utility of the self-inflation component of the myopia model for better understanding drinking practices. ...
rec_pub_10795953-the-effect-self-discrepancy-discrepancy-salience-alcohol-consumption.htm
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