DISSONANCE REDUCTION

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N., Pam M.S.
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Process where a person reduces an uncofortable psychological state resulting from an inconsistency of cognitive systems. See bolstering of an attitude- forced compliance effect.

DISSONANCE REDUCTION: "Dissonance reduction deals with inconsistencies in perception and we change it to make us feel better."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. BOLSTERING OF AN ATTITUDE
  2. SELF-CONSISTENCY PERSPECTIVE OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE THEORY
  3. PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
  4. BELIEF SYSTEM
  5. BALANCE THEORY
  6. SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL
  7. NEW-LOOK THEORY OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
  8. AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION OF ATTITUDES
  9. SOCIAL TUNNELING
  10. ATTITUDE CHANGE
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "DISSONANCE REDUCTION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/dissonance-reduction/ (accessed June 25, 2021).
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