PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Cognitive Dissonance, Neuroimaging, Group Polarization

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

How we thing about, influence, and relate to one another. Emphasis on situation rather than person: how the same person can act differently in different situations, how different people can act the same in the same situation. Putting people into a situation and observing how it effects them. Atte(cid:373)pt to e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour (cid:271)(cid:455) attri(cid:271)uti(cid:374)g it to a (cid:272)ause, su(cid:272)h as: disposition: perso(cid:374)"s sta(cid:271)le traits, situation. We thi(cid:374)k (cid:449)e k(cid:374)o(cid:449) so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s dispositio(cid:374) (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:449)e o(cid:271)ser(cid:448)e the(cid:374) i(cid:374) a particular situation. Tendency to: overestimate the influence of disposition, underestimate the influence if situation. Whe(cid:374) it (cid:272)o(cid:373)es to our o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour : less likely to blame disposition for bad acts, more likely to credit disposition for good acts. Inconsistency causes tension (dissonance: e. g. , health-concerned person who smokes. Driven to reduce dissonance: quit smoking, or, dent how unhealthy smoking is, or, rationalize smoking (benefits outweigh costs) Many assume anti-e actions due to anti-e attitudes. However, research suggests most people have pro-e attitudes.