Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Impression Management, Self-Perception Theory, Safe Sex
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Zimbardo + colleagues study in which young men were asked to eat a fried grasshopper. For half of the participants: experimenter was extremely polite and pleasant before asking them to eat the bug: the other participants experimenter acted cold and arrogant, and unpleasant. Participants with unpleasant experimenter = more feasible food source. Dissonance theory has achieved game in social psychologists and general public. Has achieved a level of public recognition. Feeling bad about irrational behaviour: the arousal of dissonance. Cognitive dissonance theory: the awareness of consonant cognition makes us feel good, whereas awareness of dissonant cognitions makes us feel bad: the unpleasant feelings produced by dissonant cognitions motivate us to something to change our state. Most cognitions are irrelevant to one another. Consonant cognitions: are consistent with one another; they imply that the other is valid or good: the 2 cognitions i brush my teeth twice a day and tooth brushing prevents cavities support one another.
