Cognitive Dissonance
Description
This DVD examines cognitive dissonance. It discusses Leon Festinger's 1956 book When Prophecy Fails, which offered one of the first published case studies of cognitive dissonance; presents research on cognitive dissonance by such key figures as Festinger and Carlsmith, Aronson and Mills, Laird, and Santos; and outlines the essential components of cognitive dissonance as defined by Cooper and Fazio.
Runtime
16 min
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Date of Publication
2008
Database
Alexander Street