Attitudes and Cognitive Dissonance

What is an attitude?

• A learnt, stable, and relatively enduring evaluation that influences behaviour

• A temporary state of mind influenced by emotions

• A biological response to environmental stimuli

• A short-term evaluation that changes frequently

What are implicit attitudes?

• Unconscious or automatic evaluations

• Deliberate actions influenced by external rewards

• Behaviours that align perfectly with one's beliefs

• Conscious evaluations that change frequently

What does cognitive dissonance refer to?

• The absence of psychological stress in decision making

• A stable and enduring state of mind

• A perceived discrepancy between an attitude and a behaviour

• The alignment between attitudes and behaviours

Who proposed the theory of cognitive dissonance?

• Carl Rogers

• Sigmund Freud

• Leon Festinger

• Abraham Maslow

How can dissonance be alleviated according to Leon Festinger?

• By expressing emotions freely

• By acquiring new information or rationalizations

• By seeking approval from others

• By avoiding any decision-making processes

What was the specific aim of the experiment mentioned?

• To study the effects of rewards on performance

• To analyze the long-term effects of cognitive dissonance

• To understand the impact of group pressure on individual attitudes

• To study whether individuals experience cognitive dissonance in a given scenario

Which group experienced more cognitive dissonance in the experiment?

• The control group

• All groups experienced the same level of cognitive dissonance

• $1 group

• $20 group

A psychological tension that occurs when thougths, feelings and/or behavours don't align is known as

• cognitive bias

• cognitive dissonance

• attitudes

• attributions

The feelings associated with cognitive dissonance can be so unpleasant that people are motivated to avoid it

• True

• False

• Unsure

• Phone a friend

Jenny doesn't like cheating but is caught cheating on her Maths test. Is this an example of cognitve dissonance?

• No

• Yes

• Who doesn't cheat on a maths test?

• It's her first time, let it slide...