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Individual Differences and Cognitive Dissonance: Openness to Experience, Strength of Sense of Self, and Cognitive Dissonance in a Counter-attitudinal Advocacy Paradigm - Couverture souple

Cheng, Wen

 
9783847323594: Individual Differences and Cognitive Dissonance: Openness to Experience, Strength of Sense of Self, and Cognitive Dissonance in a Counter-attitudinal Advocacy Paradigm
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ISBN 10 : 3847323598 ISBN 13 : 9783847323594
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

“Cognitive dissonance” is a frequent occurrence in our daily life. However, less than 1% of the studies of cognitive dissonance have also investigated individuals’ personality traits. Individual differences might be quite important in moderating the strength of dissonance effects. Although cognitive dissonance is a common occurrence in most people’s everyday life, the magnitude of the dissonance they experience may nonetheless differ from one person to another. The purpose of the study in this book is to investigate the relationships between personality traits and cognitive dissonance in a counter-attitudinal advocacy paradigm, with a special focus on the traits of openness to experience and strength of sense of self, and to examine whether the relationships in a novel on-line survey study form were different from the relationships in the standard laboratory setting.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

“Cognitive dissonance” is a frequent occurrence in our daily life. However, less than 1% of the studies of cognitive dissonance have also investigated individuals’ personality traits. Individual differences might be quite important in moderating the strength of dissonance effects. Although cognitive dissonance is a common occurrence in most people’s everyday life, the magnitude of the dissonance they experience may nonetheless differ from one person to another. The purpose of the study in this book is to investigate the relationships between personality traits and cognitive dissonance in a counter-attitudinal advocacy paradigm, with a special focus on the traits of openness to experience and strength of sense of self, and to examine whether the relationships in a novel on-line survey study form were different from the relationships in the standard laboratory setting.

Biographie de l'auteur

Wen Cheng received her Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2008 and 2011 respectively. She currently works as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Learning Assessment Service in National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3847323598
ISBN 13 
9783847323594
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
108
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