A recent theory by festinger 1957 attempts to state the conditions under which discrepancies between cognitions produce cognitive dissonance, a state of tension that motivates the individual to reduce or eliminate the discrepancies. Cognitivedissonancetheory after50yearsofdevelopment. Relevanz des themas verhaltnis konsonanter zu dissonanten kognitionen. The theory of cognitive dissonance is what resulted from his research festinger, 1957. Documents in econstor may be saved and copied for your personal and. Another argument that may support the use of the environmental frame for animal advocacy is related with behavioral and attitudinal change. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Leon festinger formulated the original theory of cognitive dissonance in the mid1950s, and the first formal and complete presentation of the theory appeared in 1957.
Abstract cognitive dissonance occurs when ones belief is contradicting with the behavior, according to festinger s cognitive dissonance theory. Yochi cohencharash psychology department weissman school. Aug, 2015 propagandaschau dokumentor maren muller dok lugenfresse propagandalugen standige publikumskonferenz ken jebsen rt deutsch kenfm daniele ganser propaganda dokmair pegida zdf mh17 syrien annanews daniel kottmair free21 gert ewen ungar putin rt tommy hansen anna news mh 17 newsfront russian insider verschworungstheorie hetze mh 370 rubikon. Festinger theorized that, when an individual holds two or more elements of knowledge that are relevant to each other but inconsistent with one another,astate of. Understanding cognitive dissonance in smoking behaviour. Kognitive dissonanz entsteht also, wenn mehr dissonante als konsonante. Hence, in smokers case, knowing cigarettes will cause harm on their health yet they are smoking. The theory of cognitive dissonance festinger, 1957.
Cognitive dissonance was first investigated by leon festinger, arising out of a participant observation study of a cult which believed that the earth was going to be destroyed by a flood, and what happened to its members particularly the really committed ones who had given up their homes and jobs to work for the cult when the flood did not. One of the conditions that may be necessary for the creation of cognitive dissonance is that there be some element of volition. The central proposition of festingers theory is that if a person holds two cognitions that are inconsistent with one another, he will experience the pressure of an aversive motivational state called cognitive dissonance, a pressure which he will seek to remove, among other ways. Cognitive dissonance theory another form of consistency theory is cognitive dissonance theory, developed by leon festinger 1957. The origins of cognitive dissonance evidence from childre n and monkeys louisa c. Kognitives ungleichgewicht ein standiger begleiter.
Selective exposure to attitudeconsistent and attitudeinconsistent political information. Cognitive dissonance theory has been known to play out in several ways. Eine solche konfliktsituation beschreibt festinger als kognitive dissonanz kd. Leon festinger s theory of cognitive dissonance has been widely recognized for its important and influential concepts in areas of motivation and social psychology. Pdf increasing cognitive dissonance by a fait accompli. The central proposition of festinger s theory is that if a person holds two cognitions that are inconsistent with one another, he will experience the pressure of an aversive motivational state called cognitive dissonance, a pressure which he will seek to remove, among other ways. Leon festinger 8 may 1919 11 february 1989 was an american social psychologist, perhaps best known for cognitive dissonance and social comparison theory. Extreme opponents of genetically modified food know the least but think they know the most. Festinger argues that there are three possible relationships among cognitions thoughts, ideas. Subtraktion dissonanter kognitionen ignorieren, verdrangen, vergessen.
But even before festinger was the greek fabulist aesop. Um kognitive dissonanz zu reduzieren, konnen wir unser verhalten andern oder unsere einstellung. Leon festingers theory of cognitive dissonance has been widely recognized for its important and influential concepts in areas of motivation and social psychology. His theories and research are credited with renouncing the previously dominant behaviorist view of social psychology by demonstrating the inadequacy of stimulusresponse conditioning accounts of human behavior. How to be productive at home from a remote work veteran. Santos, and paul bloom yale university abstract n in a study explo ring the orig ins of cogni tive diss onance, presc hoole rs and capu chins were give n a choic e betw een two equa lly prefe rred alte rnatives two. Cognitive dissonance 1 theory paper cognitive dissonance. Leon festinger may 8, 1919february 11, 1989 by stanley schachter one of the last times leon festinger saw his father was in a nursing home in brooklyn.
Download sofid sozialwissenschaftlicher fachinformationsdienst sozialpsychologie. Kognitive dissonanz im zusammenhang zu anderen kw theorien. Kognitive dissonanz bei viralen werbespots nicholas eckl. Somit wies bereits festinger darauf hin, dass kognitive dissonanz beides beinhaltet. Pdf cognitive dissonance theory festinger researchgate. Bachelorarbeit, masterarbeit, hausarbeit oder dissertation. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Leon festinger was the first psychologist to study cognitive dissonance around the 1950s, and his works, such as books and experiments, helped to shed light on the ways in which humans act to decrease cognitive dissonance. In 1951, leon festinger was asked to develop a propositional inventory of the area of communication and social influence. Posts about kognitive dissonanz written by michael klein.
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