PSYC 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: System Justification, Terror Management Theory, Botulinum Toxin
19 Dec 2017
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Dissonance reduction processes are activated when behaviour is inconsistent with pre- existing attitudes that are clear and of some importance. Self-perception processes are invoked when behaviour conflicts with attitudes that are relatively vague or of little importance. A large proportion of our attitudes are weak. They typically influence unimportant attitudes rather than important ones. Ex. , likelihood that we will contribute to the public good/cheat to reach a goal, etc. People change their attitudes to align with their behaviour because they observe their behaviour and the circumstances in which it occurs and then they infer, just as an observer might, what their attitudes might be. That we use whatever cues we have available to use to figure out what we think and how we feel. Includes knowledge of the surrounding context and how we have acted. Our thoughts and feelings are affected by our physical states and bodily movements.
