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Cognitive Dissonance: Progress on a Pivotal Theory in Social Psychology
Edited by Eddie Harmon-Jones and Judson Mills

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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

  1. 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

  1. Improving the 1957 Version of Dissonance Theory
    —Judson Mills
  2. A Radical Point of View on Dissonance Theory
    —Jean-Léon Beauvois and Robert-Vincent Joule
  3. 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

  1. Dissonance, Hypocrisy, and the Self-Concept
    —Elliot Aronson
  2. Self-Affirmation Theory: An Update and Appraisal
    —Joshua Aronson, Geoffry Cohen, and Paul R. Nail
  3. Unwanted Consequences and the Self: In Search of the Motivation for Dissonance Reduction
    —Joel Cooper
  4. What Exactly Have I Done? The Role of Self-Attribute Accessibility in Dissonance
    —Jeff Stone
  5. 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

  1. Computer Simulation of Cognitive Dissonance Reduction
    —Thomas R. Shultz and Mark R. Lepper
  2. 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

  1. 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
  2. "Remembering" Dissonance: Simultaneous Accessibility of Inconsistent Elements Moderates Epistemic Discomfort
    —Ian McGregor, Ian R. Newby-Clark, and Mark P. Zanna

Appendixes

  1. Social Communication and Cognition: A Very Preliminary and Highly Tentative Draft
    —Leon Festinger (1954)
  2. Reflections on Cognitive Dissonance: 30 Years Later
    —Leon Festinger (1987)
  3. Historical Note on Festinger's Tests of Dissonance Theory
    —Judson Mills

Author Index

Subject Index

About the Editors


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