Cognitive Dissonance: Reexamining a Pivotal Theory in Psychology - Eddie Harmon-Jones 2019

Cognitive Dissonance: Reexamining a Pivotal Theory in Psychology - Eddie Harmon-Jones 2019

Preface

An Introduction to Cognitive Dissonance Theory and an Overview of Current Perspectives on the Theory

Perspectives Employing the Original Version of the Theory

Improving the 1957 Version of Dissonance Theory

A Radical Point of View on Dissonance Theory

Understanding the Motivation Underlying Dissonance Effects

What Is Cognitive Consistency, and Why Does It Matter?

Dissonance Now: How Accessible Discrepancies Moderate Distress and Diverse Defenses

The Role of The Self in Dissonance

Dissonance, Hypocrisy, and the Self-Concept

Self-Affirmation Theory

In Search of the Motivation for Dissonance Reduction: The Drive to Lessen Aversive Consequences

Mathematical Models, Neural Activations, and Affective Responses

Modeling Cognitive Dissonance as a Parallel Constraint Satisfaction Network With Learning

Neural Basis of Cognitive Dissonance

Moving Beyond Attitude Change in the Study of Dissonance-Related Processes

Appendices

Social Communication and Cognition: A Very Preliminary and Highly Tentative Draft

Reflections on Cognitive Dissonance

Historical Note on Festinger’s Tests of Dissonance Theory