Cognitive dissonance in children: Justification of effort or contrast?

Document type :

Article dans une revue scientifique

DOI :

10.3758/pbr.15.3.673

PMID :

Permalink :

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12210/18955

Title :

Cognitive dissonance in children: Justification of effort or contrast?

Author(s) :

Alessandri, Jerome [Auteur]

Unité de Recherche en Sciences Cognitives et Affectives [URECA]
Darcheville, Jean Claude [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche en Sciences Cognitives et Affectives [URECA]
Zentall, Thomas R. [Auteur]
University of Kentucky [UK]

Journal title :

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Abbreviated title :

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Volume number :

15

Pages :

673-677

Publisher :

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Publication date :

2008-06-01

English keyword(s) :

Test Trial
Contrast Effect
Discriminative Stimulus
Initial Event
Prefer Event

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Psychologie

English abstract : [en]

Justification of effort is a form of cognitive dissonance in which the subjective value of an outcome is directly related to the effort that went into obtaining it. However, it is likely that in social contexts (such as ...
Show more >Justification of effort is a form of cognitive dissonance in which the subjective value of an outcome is directly related to the effort that went into obtaining it. However, it is likely that in social contexts (such as the requirements for joining a group) an inference can be made (perhaps incorrectly) that an outcome that requires greater effort to obtain in fact has greater value. Here we present evidence that a cognitive dissonance effect can be found in children under conditions that offer better control for the social value of the outcome. This effect is quite similar to contrast effects that recently have been studied in animals. We suggest that contrast between the effort required to obtain the outcome and the outcome itself provides a more parsimonious account of this phenomenon and perhaps other related cognitive dissonance phenomena as well. Research will be needed to identify cognitive dissonance processes that are different from contrast effects of this kind. nt]mis|This research was facilitated by a fellowship from the Fulbright Scholar Program and the Nord-Pas de Calais Regional Council, as well as by a visiting professorship at the University of Lille III for T.R.Z. Preparation of the article was facilitated by National Institute of Mental Health Grant MH 63726 to T.R.Z.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
CHU Lille

Collections :

Autres travaux scientifiques

Submission date :

2020-03-27T13:18:08Z
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