SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
ATTRIBUTION ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS
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Dennise Richard
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Hans Seyle
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Leon Festinger
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -As presented by Festinger in 1957, dissonance theory began by postulating that pairs of cognitions (elements of knowledge) can be relevant or irrelevant to one another. If two cognitions are relevant to one another, they are either consonant or dissonant.
Detailed explanation-2: -Festinger’s theory proposes that inconsistency among beliefs or behaviours causes an uncomfortable psychological tension (i.e., cognitive dissonance), leading people to change one of the inconsistent elements to reduce the dissonance or to add consonant elements to restore consonance.
Detailed explanation-3: -Following this, in 1957, Festinger published his theory of cognitive dissonance, arguably his most famous and influential contribution to the field of social psychology.