Essays Tagged: "Leon Festinger"

Persuasion and Attitude Change

(4 pages) 204 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

How have Social Psychologists theorised the relationship between attitudes & behaviour, and how successful have these been?

y have been. This essay will focus specifically on evaluating the theories of cognitive dissonance (Festinger 1957), planned behaviour (Ajzen 1991) and the tripartite model of attitude (Rosenberg and ... s not always seem to be the case. This seemingly strange attitude-behaviour relationship interested Festinger in 1957. Festinger theorised that this relationship between one's attitude and contradicto ...

(6 pages) 132 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Persuasion Class Speech on Orgon Donation in Oregon; choose a good cause organization to use persuasion concepts in order to help that cause.

t.- The theory that I chose to base this artifact on was that of cognitive dissonance. According to Leon Festinger's theory, behavior which is at odds with an established attitude, demands change. Peo ...

(5 pages) 82 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Motivation and Reinforcement on Performance

similar to disequilibrium in Piaget's theory of cognitive development. This theory was developed by Leon Festinger (1957) and states that when there is a discrepancy between two beliefs, two actions, ...

(6 pages) 143 0 3.5 Apr/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Motivation

is cooked, or it wont be edible at all before it is cooked.Cognitive dissonance theorySuggested by Leon Festinger, this occurs when an individual experiences some degree of discomfort resulting from ... similar to disequilibrium in Piaget's theory of cognitive development. This theory was developed by Leon Festinger (1957) and states that when there is a discrepancy between two beliefs, two actions, ...

(46 pages) 524 0 2.3 Nov/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Self-Perception

Theory provides an alternative elucidation for cognitive dissonance effects. Taking the example of Festinger and Carlsmith's experiment where people were compensated $1 or $20 to lie. Cognitive disso ...

(3 pages) 77 1 3.8 Jan/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Sensation & Perception

Individual work related values, attitudes and job satisfaction theories as applied to a case study

nd a discussion on the three components of an attitude will be made, followed by the application of Leon Festinger's (1950) cognitive dissonance theory to Andre's case. An explanation of Andre's resul ...

(12 pages) 61 0 0.0 Dec/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Sociocultural Perspective

en and honest, or the activity is illegal (e.g. drug use).InterviewsFocus groupsWhen Prophecy Fails Leon Festinger et al.'s (1956)When Prophecy Fails is a 1956 classic book in social psychology by Leo ... rica and north-west Europe).Berry (1967) found higher rates of conformity among the Temne of Sierra Leone, a high food-accumulating society with strict disciplinarian socialization practices, compared ...

(32 pages) 1 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology