1. Cognitive dissonance is a state where someone is being confronted by something that is against his beliefs (doing an action that he / she does not like‚ etc.)‚ and then he / she tries to balance the inconsistency that he experienced by changing his view on that inconsistency (to reduce the dissonance by justifying it). People want to be consistent in their attitudes and rationalizing irrational things that they did is what cognitive dissonance makes them do. For example‚ in Festinger’s experiments
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There is no strict consensus on a standard definition of poverty that applies to all countries. Some define poverty through the inequality of income distribution‚ and some through the miserable human conditions associated with it. Irrespective of such differences‚ poverty is widespread and acute by all standards in sub-Saharan Africa‚ where gross domestic product (GDP) is below $1‚500 per capita purchasing power parity‚ where more than 40 per cent of their people live on less than $1 a day‚ and poor
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There are many states in North America. Formally known as the United States of America. From New York to California‚ you could find millions of different types of people‚ and cultures from around the world. But how about a state that is so isolated from them all‚ that many people forget it was even added as the 49th state to the country? The lone state of Alaska is to the north west of the major states and if laid on top of the other states‚ would cover about two-thirds of the land. And for
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HIRE PURCHASE SYSTEM A trader could sell goods either for cash or for credit. For goods sold on credit‚ the payments may be made by the buyer in lump sum on a future date‚ or in installments spread over for a specified period of time. When goods are sold on credit‚ for which payment is made by the buyer in installments over a period of time‚ it is called purchase system or installment system. Hire Purchase System defers to the system wherein‚ the seller of goods delivers the goods to the
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Ferstinger in 1957 developed a theory of cognitive dissonance. His theory sugguest that we all have an inner drive to stay true to our attitudes and beliefs to keep a balanced life. When Ferstinger first introduced the term cognitive dissonance to indicate the discomfort we feel whenever we inconsistent notions at the same time. This discomfort or dissonance motivates us to expend behavioral effort to reduce it and restore cognitive consistency Cognitive dissonance is a situation that involes conflict‚ beliefs
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Identify and elaborate the three phases of purchase process model. Explain what happens during each stage. Consumer behaviour as individual‚ group‚ and organizational decisions as well as activities affected by intra and interpersonal variables that are involved in evaluating‚ acquiring‚ using and disposing of products‚ services‚ experiences‚ or ideas and the impact these processes have on consumer and society. There are three stages of model service consumption or also known as the consumer decision
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Physical Cognitive Dissonance The story begins with two respectable men taking a stroll. One of them‚ a man named Enfield‚ relates to his relative‚ a prosecutor named Utterson‚ an encounter he had had some months ago with an evil looking man named Hyde. The man had trampled a little girl he ran into on the street. Enfield‚ along with several people on the street‚ took an immediate and overpowering dislike of Hyde’s sinister appearance. After the incident‚ Hyde enters a building and subsequently
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to prevent account overdue an organization should provide its customers with alternative payment methods. Availability of payment option help customers to choose a convenient payment method that suit them and reduces their account
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to the story was that “cycles may be broken.” The reason that I believe this is because the continuing pattern was that the balloon would always follow the boy around‚ even though many people tried to stop it/him. The balloon would always find a way to be with the boy. But it was broken at the end‚ when the balloon was hit‚ and the cycle ended. Many of the other generalizations would not have worked. “The end of a cycle cause the cycles to begin again; a cycle may appear to have no beginning or
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