Essays Tagged: "Leon Festinger"
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology