The opposite of a great truth is also true: Homage of Koan #7
... attitude was obtained on measures that bypassed conscious awareness or control. The same held for measures of beliefs or stereotypes of social groups. In both cases of attitudes and stereotypes, when the group averages for conscious and unconscious measures were placed side-by-side using a common me ...
... attitude was obtained on measures that bypassed conscious awareness or control. The same held for measures of beliefs or stereotypes of social groups. In both cases of attitudes and stereotypes, when the group averages for conscious and unconscious measures were placed side-by-side using a common me ...
Understanding Risk Attitude
... Taking appropriate risks requires an underlying understanding of the nature of the challenge. On the one hand, managing risk can be seen as a rational and logical process requiring a grasp of factual historical evidence combined with mathematical assessments of the likelihood of the uncertain event ...
... Taking appropriate risks requires an underlying understanding of the nature of the challenge. On the one hand, managing risk can be seen as a rational and logical process requiring a grasp of factual historical evidence combined with mathematical assessments of the likelihood of the uncertain event ...
The power of moral arguments
... but they suggest that it mostly plays a post-hoc role of finding justifications for a judgment that is arrived at intuitively. Reasoning mostly plays a causal role when it fails to find any decent moral justification, in which case people might feel compelled to change their mind (for an example ...
... but they suggest that it mostly plays a post-hoc role of finding justifications for a judgment that is arrived at intuitively. Reasoning mostly plays a causal role when it fails to find any decent moral justification, in which case people might feel compelled to change their mind (for an example ...
So good it has to be true: Wishful thinking in
... a priori bias to believe in desirable events, when a person desires an outcome and yet believes that it will not occur, a reasoner can infer that they saw strong evidence that the outcome will not occur. The oToM reasoner therefore learns more from this person than they would from someone who had id ...
... a priori bias to believe in desirable events, when a person desires an outcome and yet believes that it will not occur, a reasoner can infer that they saw strong evidence that the outcome will not occur. The oToM reasoner therefore learns more from this person than they would from someone who had id ...
The Preference for Belief Consonance
... different beliefs from oneself should evoke stronger feelings of discomfort than the same beliefs held by a person whose opinion one doesn’t respect. By the same token, people who held the same beliefs in the past but changed them are especially threatening, because the person’s new views cannot be ...
... different beliefs from oneself should evoke stronger feelings of discomfort than the same beliefs held by a person whose opinion one doesn’t respect. By the same token, people who held the same beliefs in the past but changed them are especially threatening, because the person’s new views cannot be ...
Dissonance and self-perception: An integrative view of each theory`s
... midpoint as the individual’s most acceptable position, on the opposite side, or on both sides. We propose that this latitude of rejection defines the domain to which dissonance theory is applicable. Writing an essay in support of a statement within one’s latitude of rejection may lead to dissonance ...
... midpoint as the individual’s most acceptable position, on the opposite side, or on both sides. We propose that this latitude of rejection defines the domain to which dissonance theory is applicable. Writing an essay in support of a statement within one’s latitude of rejection may lead to dissonance ...
Molding the Past: Biased Assimilation of Historical Information1
... (2000) represent an important step in the evolution of the biased-assimilation literature. Munro et al. brought students in to watch a live broadcast of the first 1996 Presidential debate. Ahluwalia went a step further and relied on the media exposure participants encountered as part of their everyd ...
... (2000) represent an important step in the evolution of the biased-assimilation literature. Munro et al. brought students in to watch a live broadcast of the first 1996 Presidential debate. Ahluwalia went a step further and relied on the media exposure participants encountered as part of their everyd ...
Influencing attitudes toward near and distant objects
... arguments. Therefore, we predict that messages highlighting (or consisting mostly of) positive high-level features vs. positive low-level features will have greater impact on attitudes toward objects in the distant vs. near future.1 For example, desirability vs. feasibility arguments should be prefe ...
... arguments. Therefore, we predict that messages highlighting (or consisting mostly of) positive high-level features vs. positive low-level features will have greater impact on attitudes toward objects in the distant vs. near future.1 For example, desirability vs. feasibility arguments should be prefe ...
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... arguments. Therefore, we predict that messages highlighting (or consisting mostly of) positive high-level features vs. positive low-level features will have greater impact on attitudes toward objects in the distant vs. near future.1 For example, desirability vs. feasibility arguments should be prefe ...
... arguments. Therefore, we predict that messages highlighting (or consisting mostly of) positive high-level features vs. positive low-level features will have greater impact on attitudes toward objects in the distant vs. near future.1 For example, desirability vs. feasibility arguments should be prefe ...
Test Taking: A Research Proposal to Examine the Pressures to
... feel anxious and pressured to hand in their test when they see others doing so. Perhaps putting time limits on when students are allowed to hand in their exams could be used to reduce this feeling of pressure. Another implication is how large a role one’s level of SM plays in that individual’s socia ...
... feel anxious and pressured to hand in their test when they see others doing so. Perhaps putting time limits on when students are allowed to hand in their exams could be used to reduce this feeling of pressure. Another implication is how large a role one’s level of SM plays in that individual’s socia ...
NEURAL BASIS OF ATTITUDES The Neural Bases of Attitudes
... 1994; Zajonc & Markus, 1982), although scholars disagree about the extent to which these evaluations and preferences must remain stable to be considered “real” (Bishop, 1980; Bishop, Hamilton, & McConahay, 1980; Converse, 1970). Regardless of the definition used, however, the relationship betwe ...
... 1994; Zajonc & Markus, 1982), although scholars disagree about the extent to which these evaluations and preferences must remain stable to be considered “real” (Bishop, 1980; Bishop, Hamilton, & McConahay, 1980; Converse, 1970). Regardless of the definition used, however, the relationship betwe ...
Functions of attitudes
... any attitude can only be ascertained by considering it in relation to the person who holds it and the environment in which they operate. Consequently, what is apparently the same attitude may serve rather different purposes depending on who holds it and where/when it becomes salient to them. The ada ...
... any attitude can only be ascertained by considering it in relation to the person who holds it and the environment in which they operate. Consequently, what is apparently the same attitude may serve rather different purposes depending on who holds it and where/when it becomes salient to them. The ada ...
Chapter 7: Attitudes and Attitude Change
... process called elaboration), systematic processing can change attitudes. Attitudes resulting from such careful consideration last longer and are much more resistant to later change than most attitudes produced by superficial processing. People process messages systematically only when they have both ...
... process called elaboration), systematic processing can change attitudes. Attitudes resulting from such careful consideration last longer and are much more resistant to later change than most attitudes produced by superficial processing. People process messages systematically only when they have both ...
Conformity and Dissent - Chicago Unbound
... if social influences are encouraging people to conceal information that they have, or if the blind are leading the blind, serious problems are likely. There is a further point. With relatively small "shocks," similar groups can be lead, by social pressures, to dramatically different beliefs and acti ...
... if social influences are encouraging people to conceal information that they have, or if the blind are leading the blind, serious problems are likely. There is a further point. With relatively small "shocks," similar groups can be lead, by social pressures, to dramatically different beliefs and acti ...
Prejudice and extremism - Zeitschrift für Internationale
... what is normal and what is deviant and extreme. Thus, we have to refer to shared knowledge and a common understanding of people, which usually characterizes social groups. Not all people are equally important as providers of informative and normative influence; information conveyed by ingroup member ...
... what is normal and what is deviant and extreme. Thus, we have to refer to shared knowledge and a common understanding of people, which usually characterizes social groups. Not all people are equally important as providers of informative and normative influence; information conveyed by ingroup member ...
Student Questions/Comments - Psychology and Neuroscience
... extracted from (or based on) those representations. If that’s true, then it seems like attitude formation is basically the construction of representation. This assumption certainly seems to underlie the empirical research we read this week. The account of renewal and occasion setting is explicitly r ...
... extracted from (or based on) those representations. If that’s true, then it seems like attitude formation is basically the construction of representation. This assumption certainly seems to underlie the empirical research we read this week. The account of renewal and occasion setting is explicitly r ...
Attitudes Influence on Behavior
... influenced not only by family, religion, and culture but also by socioeconomic factors. • This socialization process affects a person’s attitude toward work and his or her related behavior. ...
... influenced not only by family, religion, and culture but also by socioeconomic factors. • This socialization process affects a person’s attitude toward work and his or her related behavior. ...
Influence
... each other, without realizing they are doing so. Langer suggests that mindlessness can cause individuals to conform automatically. ...
... each other, without realizing they are doing so. Langer suggests that mindlessness can cause individuals to conform automatically. ...
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... convincing evidence seemed. Participants were then given a second fictitious study presenting an opposite view about the death penalty. As before, participants were asked to indicate how well or poorly this study was conducted and how convincing evidence seemed. After reading both articles, particip ...
... convincing evidence seemed. Participants were then given a second fictitious study presenting an opposite view about the death penalty. As before, participants were asked to indicate how well or poorly this study was conducted and how convincing evidence seemed. After reading both articles, particip ...
Psychology 240 December Exam Review Questions
... 7) Describe and discuss Heider’s three dimensions of causal attributions. When we are trying to explain a single-instance observation of behavior, we often use either the discounting or augmentation principles. Describe and discuss these two principles. 8) According to Hal Kelly, when we are trying ...
... 7) Describe and discuss Heider’s three dimensions of causal attributions. When we are trying to explain a single-instance observation of behavior, we often use either the discounting or augmentation principles. Describe and discuss these two principles. 8) According to Hal Kelly, when we are trying ...
How We Conceptualize Our Attitudes Matters: The Effects of Valence
... avenues to pursue. However, in this paper, we will demonstrate how attitude framing, a much simpler process, can also lead to stronger attitudes. As an example of how attitudes can be framed differently, consider political preferences in the 2004 U.S. Presidential election. In this election, voters ...
... avenues to pursue. However, in this paper, we will demonstrate how attitude framing, a much simpler process, can also lead to stronger attitudes. As an example of how attitudes can be framed differently, consider political preferences in the 2004 U.S. Presidential election. In this election, voters ...
On the One Hand and On the Other: The Effect of Embodying
... participants prefer questions such as ‘are you usually the initiator of forming new relationships’ as opposed to ‘do you usually go to movies alone.’ In 1979, Lord, Ross, and Lepper, ran an experiment with participants who had strong beliefs in favour of or against capital punishment. Each participa ...
... participants prefer questions such as ‘are you usually the initiator of forming new relationships’ as opposed to ‘do you usually go to movies alone.’ In 1979, Lord, Ross, and Lepper, ran an experiment with participants who had strong beliefs in favour of or against capital punishment. Each participa ...
Chapter 7 Attitudes, Beliefs and Consistency Our “self” is not the
... attitudes and behavior Cognitive dissonance theory contends that if people hold inconsistent cognitions, they experience an unpleasant emotion, which they try to reduce. CD does not always occur when one acts inconsistently CD is most likely when: The attitude is important to the self The incons ...
... attitudes and behavior Cognitive dissonance theory contends that if people hold inconsistent cognitions, they experience an unpleasant emotion, which they try to reduce. CD does not always occur when one acts inconsistently CD is most likely when: The attitude is important to the self The incons ...
Effects of Electoral College Depictions on Political Group
... (e.g., Hill, 2005). Although we acknowledge the existence of this divide, we suggest that these chromatic group representations do more than passively describe the current state of affairs. We argue that the divide may, in part, arise as a consequence of the way that Electoral College decisions are ...
... (e.g., Hill, 2005). Although we acknowledge the existence of this divide, we suggest that these chromatic group representations do more than passively describe the current state of affairs. We argue that the divide may, in part, arise as a consequence of the way that Electoral College decisions are ...