Cognitive Dissonance and the Self

Question 1

Self perception theory

Answer 1

judging our own attitudes using the same processes that we used to judge other people’s attitudes

Question 2

why is the self perception theory different from cognitive dissonance

Answer 2

cognitive dissonance has to do with changing our attitudes, whilst self perception is judging another’s attitudes based on what we know

Question 3

injustification effect: what is it, and why do we do it?

Answer 3

the tendency of people to more likely engage in a behavior that contradicts their personally held beliefs when they are offered a smaller reward
traditionally viewed as hot, however seen as cold due to holding onto our beliefs
ex. will not take $200 just to change their mind

Question 4

what do biases depend on?

Answer 4

biases depend on context and behavior
ex. if context can explain behavior, attribute behavior to context. if not, attribute behavior to person

Question 5

are biases hot or cold?

Answer 5

can be both
ex. democrats and republicans rated their candidates contradictory statements and said their statements were less contradictory than the other side
could be due to hot - wanting to win, or cold - blindsighted because its their own opinion and statement

Question 6

what were the fMRI evidences with the hot and cold debate?

Answer 6

there was higher brain activity in areas of emotional/motivational processing when judging the other side, proving a more hot situation than cold

Question 7

counter attitudinal argument associated with cognitive dissonance

Answer 7

when doing a study that makes a participant think an action is uncomfortable due to hearing someone else talk about it, this created a state of discomfort for them which then motivates an attitude change (trying to make it positive)

Question 8

what is SANE

Answer 8

Seductive Allure of Neuroscience Explanations