PSYC 023 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Psych, Motivated Reasoning, Moe Williams
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Aronson: we feel psychologically uncomfortable when we see ourselves acting stupidly or immoral, it harms our se, a wonderful person can"t do something sleazy like this, so we engage in. Dr through attitude change or motivated reasoning: but, if we find another way to restore se, then we don"t need to engage in dr. Focus on whether our behaviour caused harm no one important was hurt. Method: counter attitudinal essay in favour of law forbidding communists from speaking on college campuses. Iv: excuse (choice vs. no choice, justification (high vs. low reward) Results: high reward + choice low attitude change, high reward + no choice low attitude change, low reward + no choice low attitude change, low reward + choice high attitude change. Magnitude of harm done: no one was hurt . Method: counter attitudinal essay in favour of legalized marijuana. Iv: justification, high vs. low reward, harm done. Dv: agreement with marijuana should be legalized .
