Topic
Social psychology
4 questions tagged Social psychology — spanning every one of the seven Ws.
what
What is cognitive dissonance?
Cognitive dissonance is the discomfort people feel when they hold conflicting beliefs or when their behavior clashes with their values. They often reduce the discomfort by changing beliefs, justifying behavior, or avoiding conflicting information.
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when
When was the first cognitive dissonance experiment published?
Leon Festinger’s famous cognitive dissonance work was published in 1957.
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whose
Whose famous studies on obedience showed that ordinary people may obey harmful authority?
Stanley Milgram’s. His 1961–1963 experiments are among the most debated in social psychology.
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whose
Whose theory explained the ‘cognitive dissonance’ people feel when beliefs and actions clash?
Leon Festinger’s. He proposed the theory in 1957 to explain mental discomfort from inconsistency.
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