Communication Theory Exam 1 Chapter 17 Flashcards

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Dissonance

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Discord between behavior and belief

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Cognitive Dissonance

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distressing mental state caused by inconsistency between a person’s two beliefs or a belief and an action

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Festinger’s 3 mental mechanisms people use to ensure their actions and attitudes are in harmony

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  1. Selective exposure prevents dissonance
  2. Postdecision dissonance creates a need for reassurance
  3. Minimal justification for action induces a shift in attitude
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Selective Exposure

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tendency to avoid information that would create cognitive dissonance because it is incompatible with current beliefs

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Postdecision dissonance

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strong doubts experienced after making a close-call, important decision that is difficult to reverse

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Minimal justification hypotheses

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claim that best way to stimulate an attitude change in others is to offer just enough incentive to elicit counterattitudinal behavior

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Compliance

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public conformity to another’s expectation without necessarily having a private conviction that matches the behavior

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Counterattitudinal advocacy

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publicly urging others to believe or do something that is opposed to what the advocate actually believes

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Dissonance Thermometer

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hypothetical, reliable gauge of the dissonance a person feels as result of inconsistency

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3 State of the Art Revisions

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  1. Self-Consistency
  2. Personal Responsibility for Bad Outcomes
  3. Self-Affirmation to Dissipate Dissonance
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Self-Perception Theory

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claim that we determine our attitudes the same way that outside observers do

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