COMM 2367H Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Chage And Aska

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Communication
• Course: COMM 2367H
• Professor: Bethany Barker

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A negative, unpleasant state that occurs whenever a person holds two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent. Means incongruity among thoughts or mental elements. Questioning how happy you would be at other schools. Freely performs a behavior that is inconsistent with an attitude. Makes a decision that rules out a desirable alternative. Expends effort to participate in what turns out to be a less than ideal activity. Before the decision it is called ambiguity. We do(cid:374)"t e(cid:454)perience dissonance after each and every decision. Less dissonance if we can revise your decision (ex. Is unable to find sufficient psychological justification for an attitude or behavior he or she adopts. It"s o(cid:374)l(cid:455) after the decision that people experience the particular stress known as dissonance. Cha(cid:374)ge (cid:455)our attitude: (cid:862)this (cid:373)o(cid:448)ie is(cid:374)"t that (cid:271)ad(cid:863) Add (cid:272)o(cid:374)so(cid:374)a(cid:374)t (cid:272)og(cid:374)itio(cid:374)s: (cid:862)(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) people ha(cid:448)e see(cid:374) this movie, i can participate in conversations with them now(cid:863) Derogate the u(cid:374)(cid:272)hose(cid:374) alter(cid:374)ati(cid:448)e: (cid:862)(cid:271)etter tha(cid:374) doi(cid:374)g ho(cid:373)e(cid:449)ork(cid:863)