Cognitive Dissonance Reduction as Constraint Satisfaction.

Shultz, Thomas R.; Lepper, Mark R.

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Publication Date: 1996

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Cognitive Dissonance Reduction as Constraint Satisfaction.

Shultz, Thomas R.; Lepper, Mark R.

Psychological Review, v103 n2 p219-40 Apr 1996

It is argued that the reduction of cognitive dissonance can be viewed as a constraint satisfaction problem, and a computational model of the process of consonance seeking is proposed. Simulations from this model matched psychological findings from the insufficient justification and free-choice paradigms of cognitive dissonance theory. (SLD)

Descriptors: Cognitive Dissonance, Cognitive Processes, Mathematical Models, Simulation, Social Psychology

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Language: English

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