THE EFFECT OF SELF-MONITORING AND MANIPULATED STATES OF SELF-AWARENESS ON ATTITUDE CHANGE IN A DISSONANCE PARADIGM

Authors

Rachel E. Crook, Brigham Young University
Dr. Robert D. Ridge, Brigham Young University

Keywords

self-monitoring, manipulated states, self-awareness, attitude change, dissonance paradigm

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Psychology

Abstract

Personality and situational forces can affect the self-awareness necessary for cognitive dissonance to occur. Festinger’s cognitive dissonance theory assumes that people are motivated to maintain a consistency between their thoughts and their actions1. For example, if a person is not in favor of a tuition increase and chooses to write an essay against raising tuition, then, according to dissonance theory, she would experience consonance, because her attitude and behavior are consistent.

Recommended Citation

Crook, Rachel E. and Ridge, Dr. Robert D. (2013) "THE EFFECT OF SELF-MONITORING AND MANIPULATED STATES OF SELF-AWARENESS ON ATTITUDE CHANGE IN A DISSONANCE PARADIGM," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 521.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/521