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Edited by Eddie Harmon-Jones and Judson Mills
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LIST PRICE: $29.95
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411 pages
ITEM #: 4318830
ISBN: 1-55798-565-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-55798-565-1
PUBLICATION DATE: March 1999
EDITION: Hardcover
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Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Foreword
Preface
- An Introduction to Cognitive Dissonance Theory and an Overview of Current Perspectives on the Theory
—Eddie Harmon-Jones and Judson Mills
I. Perspectives Employing the Original Version of the Theory
- Improving the 1957 Version of Dissonance Theory
—Judson Mills
- A Radical Point of View on Dissonance Theory
—Jean-Léon Beauvois and Robert-Vincent Joule
- Toward an Understanding of the Motivation Underlying Dissonance Effects: Is the Production of Aversive Consequences Necessary?
—Eddie Harmon-Jones
II. The Role of the Self in Dissonance
- Dissonance, Hypocrisy, and the Self-Concept
—Elliot Aronson
- Self-Affirmation Theory: An Update and Appraisal
—Joshua Aronson, Geoffry Cohen, and Paul R. Nail
- Unwanted Consequences and the Self: In Search of the Motivation for Dissonance Reduction
—Joel Cooper
- What Exactly Have I Done? The Role of Self-Attribute Accessibility in Dissonance
—Jeff Stone
- A Self-Accountability Model of Dissonance Reduction: Multiple Modes on a Continuum of Elaboration
—Michael R. Leippe and Donna Eisenstadt
III. Mathematical Models of Dissonance
- Computer Simulation of Cognitive Dissonance Reduction
—Thomas R. Shultz and Mark R. Lepper
- A Multiplicative Power-Function Model of Cognitive Dissonance: Toward an Integrated Theory of Cognition, Emotion, and Behavior After Leon Festinger
—Haruki Sakari
IV. Dissonance and Affect
- Moving Beyond Attitude Change in the Study of Dissonance-Related Processes
—Patricia G. Devine, John M. Tauer, Kenneth E. Barron, Andrew J. Elliot, and Kristen M. Vance
- "Remembering" Dissonance: Simultaneous Accessibility of Inconsistent Elements Moderates Epistemic Discomfort
—Ian McGregor, Ian R. Newby-Clark, and Mark P. Zanna
Appendixes
- Social Communication and Cognition: A Very Preliminary and Highly Tentative Draft
—Leon Festinger (1954)
- Reflections on Cognitive Dissonance: 30 Years Later
—Leon Festinger (1987)
- Historical Note on Festinger's Tests of Dissonance Theory
—Judson Mills
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Editors
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