Cooper And Fazio's Three Experiments
In order to test the effects of splitting the left and right brain, researchers created three experiments. The first experiment was created to test visual abilities by transmitting an image of a word, picture, or parts of a word to only one side of the brain. The second method tested touch; they allowed a participant to touch an object, like a block letter, without seeing it. The last method tested auditory abilities and consisted of limiting a participant’s response by being told directions.The visual experiments showed that both sides of the brain are equal in visual perception, but because speech is located in the left hemisphere, a person must see an object with their left hemisphere to be able to realize and say that they saw the object.
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Festinger knew that the opposition to his theory would be great, and so to counter criticisms he created a way to rate the participants to see if their lies were any different from each other. The statistical analyses showed that neither those who were paid less or more had differences in their lies. Over the years, cognitive dissonance has been tested and refined by many psychologists, most notably Cooper and Fazio; their research determined the crucial four steps that lead to a person’s attitude change in cognitive dissonance. In order to reach cognitive dissonance a person must first have negative feelings produced, then they must feel responsible for those negative feelings. After that a person will experience physiological arousal, and this arousal will cause the person to recognize that what they are feeling is caused by the attitude-discrepant behavior. Most researchers believe that Festinger and Carlsmith’s findings show that there are two main processes in what changes our opinions; the first being persuasion and the second is cognitive dissonance. Thirty six boys and girls between the ages of 3 to 6 were gathered to participate in the experiment. The children were separated into three groups: children exposed to nothing, those exposed to aggression, and those exposed to
Festinger knew that the opposition to his theory would be great, and so to counter criticisms he created a way to rate the participants to see if their lies were any different from each other. The statistical analyses showed that neither those who were paid less or more had differences in their lies. Over the years, cognitive dissonance has been tested and refined by many psychologists, most notably Cooper and Fazio; their research determined the crucial four steps that lead to a person’s attitude change in cognitive dissonance. In order to reach cognitive dissonance a person must first have negative feelings produced, then they must feel responsible for those negative feelings. After that a person will experience physiological arousal, and this arousal will cause the person to recognize that what they are feeling is caused by the attitude-discrepant behavior. Most researchers believe that Festinger and Carlsmith’s findings show that there are two main processes in what changes our opinions; the first being persuasion and the second is cognitive dissonance. Thirty six boys and girls between the ages of 3 to 6 were gathered to participate in the experiment. The children were separated into three groups: children exposed to nothing, those exposed to aggression, and those exposed to