Cognitive dissonance: Fifty years of a classic theory

Cognitive Dissonance: Fifty Years of a Classic Theory

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-197

  Cooper, Joel ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversive consequence; Cognition; Cognitive dissonance; Dissonance; Inference; Normative standard; Self affirmation; Self esteem; Unwanted consequence; Vicarious dissonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949787927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446214282     Document Type: Book

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