essential and necessary aspects of making any decision. "The need to reduce dissonance is a universal mental mechanism‚ but that doesn’t mean we are doomed to be controlled by it. Human beings may not be eager to change‚ but we have the ability to change‚ and the fact that many of our self-protective delusions and blind spots are built into the way the brain works is no justification for not trying... An appreciation of how dissonance works‚ in ourselves and others‚ gives us some ways to override our wiring
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Amanda Hammer Persuasive Theory Application COM4405.E1 April 13‚ 2015 The SMCR Model was created in 1949 by Shannon and Weaver and it is the most commonly used basic communications model. The basic sequence of the model is a source‚ a message‚ a channel‚ and a receiver. Communication starts with the source‚ or persuader‚ who encodes the message and then transmits it to the receiver. The message is what the source is trying to get the receiver to hear and understand. The message has to be
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development. Include at least two references in your paper. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Discussion Questions: Are attitudes an accurate predictor of behavior? Are attitudes an accurate predictor of behavior? PSY400 Week 3 Cognitive Dissonance Paper Identify a situation in which an individual
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superordinate‚ representational‚ and combinatorial processes that occur during the reception of information. A primary process in learning is subsumption in which new material is related to relevant ideas in the existing cognitive structure on a substantive‚ non-verbatim basis. Cognitive structures represent the residue of all learning experiences; forgetting occurs because certain details get integrated and lose their individual identity. A major instructional mechanism proposed by Ausubel is the use
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If the consumer decides that the product or service is not to their liking‚ it can create cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is a psychological concept related to self-doubt when making decisions. In marketing‚ it is often referred to as buyer ’s remorse‚ and relates to the uncertainty customers feel after making a tough purchasing decision (Kokmueller‚ n.d). When a purchase creates cognitive dissonance‚ consumers tend to react by seeking positive reinforcement for the purchase decision‚ avoiding
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predict and explain behavior. ATTITUDES 3. Attitudes are evaluative statements concerning objects‚ people‚ or events. 4. When an employee says‚ “I make less money at this company than I could earn at another company‚” he or she is reflecting the cognitive component of an attitude. 5. The behavioral component of an attitude is made up of the beliefs‚ opinions‚ knowledge‚ or information held by a person. 6. The term attitude usually refers to the affective component. 7. The satisfaction-performance
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Cognitions are thoughts. Dissonance means clashing. The influential thoughts of cognitive dissonance states that contradicting or clashing thoughts cause discomfort. That is‚ we have a need for consistency in our thought‚ perceptions‚ and images of ourselves (Cooper‚ Mirablie‚ & Scher‚ 2005; Festinger‚ 1957). Inconsistency‚ then‚ can motivate people to make their thoughts or attitudes agree with their actions (Oskampe & Schultz‚ 2005). The theory of cognitive dissonance in social psychology proposes
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satisfaction. Cognitive dissonance is inner tension that a consumer experiences after recognizing an inconsistency between behavior and values or opinions. Once a purchase decision is made‚ the next step in the process is the evaluation of the product after purchase. Consumers expect certain outcomes from the purchase‚ and how well these expectations are met‚ determines the level of customer satisfaction. (Consumer Decision Making‚ Chapter 05 Slide 15). “The theory of cognitive dissonance‚ developed
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basketball). Balance theory: the theory that people try to maintain balance among their beliefs‚ cognitions‚ and sentiments. Cognitive dissonance theory: the theory that inconsistencies between a person’s thoughts‚ sentiments‚ and actions create an aversive emotional state (dissonance) that leads to efforts to restore consistency. Effort justification: the tendency to reduce dissonance by finding reasons for why we have devoted time‚ effort‚ or money to something that has turned out to be unpleasant or
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Tawney Knecht IB World Literature 27 October 2010 The Rationality of Murder The theory of cognitive dissonance is a prevalent driving force in human nature that people often fail to acknowledge. Cognitive dissonance suggests that when faced with conflict‚ people are capable of manipulating ideas in order to rationalize their actions. This concept is put to the ultimate test when the people from the unnamed town in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold and the boys from
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