PSYC 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Colin Kaepernick, The Star-Spangled Banner, Cognitive Dissonance

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2130
• Professor: James Check

Document Summary

Know about central vs. peripheral roots to persuasion. Consonant cognitions: goes together ( i live in toronto, i can hardly get anywhere ) Irrelevant cognitions: no implications for each other ( this desk is green and students are sitting there ) Dissonant cognitions: cognitions that conflict with each other ( i am a professor i am stupid ) Cognitive dissonance is much greater when the issues are important. Ways to reduce cognitive dissonance: change behaviour, modify, see them as irrelevant, add consonant. I need it for transportation or other things cause pollution. I"m only 16, i still have time to quit. Conformity is getting people to do what you want them to do. Group a (group size): small groups can have an effect. the bigger the better. the fact that more than one group is doing the protest, it enhances the conformity.