Cognitive Dissonance Theory

Leon Festinger

Slide Show Introductory lecture based in part on Em Griffin, A First Look at Communication theory (3rd ed.), McGraw-Hill, 1997.

Links:

Cognitive Dissonance Theory (chapter on Festinger from earlier edition of Griffin)
TIP (Theory into Practice Database - Greg Kearsley)
A RADICAL DISSONANCE THEORY
"The time course of the self-concept threat reduction process among low and high self-esteem individuals" (dissertation by Tor Neilands, 1995)
Watchtower Indoctrination Process (Jamie Boyden, reprint of the Jul/Aug. 1987 Bethel Ministries Newsletter)
When Prophecies Fail (Jehovah's Witnesses) (Randall Watters, from the Bethel Ministries Newsletter May/June 1990 (now the Free Minds Journal))

 

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