GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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blame other people for their problems
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refuse to commit to long-term relationships
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change their attitudes
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do all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cognitive dissonance theory postulates that an underlying psychological tension is created when an individual’s behavior is inconsistent with his or her thoughts and beliefs. This underlying tension then motivates an individual to make an attitude change that would produce consistency between thoughts and behaviors.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cognitive dissonance occurs when a person’s behavior and beliefs do not complement each other or when they hold two contradictory beliefs. It causes a feeling of discomfort that motivates people to try to feel better. People may do this via defense mechanisms, such as avoidance.
Detailed explanation-3: -People suffering from cognitive dissonance are likely to. change attitudes. Our posture and the distance we keep from others are examples of. nonverbal communication.
Detailed explanation-4: -A well-known effect of inducing dissonance this way is that people tend to change their attitude as a way of reducing dissonance. That is, they become more positively tuned to something toward which they previously held a negative attitude (Festinger and Carlsmith, 1959).