Essays about: "Cognitive dissonance"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 48 essays containing the words Cognitive dissonance.

  1. 6. Psychological Antecedents of Academic´s Intentions to Participate in Last Chance Tourism: Applying value-belief-norm and cognitive dissonance model

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Joakim Wermelin; [2022]
    Keywords : Last Chance Tourism; LCT; academic´s; intentions; behaviors; sustainability; sustainable traveling; PLS-SEM; PLS; VBN; value-belief-norm; cognitive dissonance; cognitive dissonance theory;

    Abstract : Last chance tourism (LCT) is defined as an endangered place due to climate change which creates motivations for tourists to travel to these places before they vanish. These trips also involve interaction with and observation of rare species that is about to disappear due to climate change. READ MORE

  3. 7. Cognitive Dissonance in the Brain: A Systematic Review

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Elin Boklund; [2022]
    Keywords : cognitive dissonance; functional magnetic resonance imaging; anterior cingulate cortex; dorsal anterior cingulate cortex;

    Abstract : Cognitive dissonance is the uncomfortable psychological feeling that arises when something is perceived as contradictory. In 1957, Leon Festinger first developed the theory of cognitive dissonance, which has since continued to be of interest for, among other things, decision-making, moral reasoning, motivation, politics, and science. READ MORE

  4. 8. Does parenthood modify attitudes about gender relations? : An attitudinal study comparing an egalitarian and traditional policy context

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Susanna Lindmark; [2022]
    Keywords : attitudes; gendered division of labour; parenthood; family policy; country comparative; cognitive dissonance; Germany; Norway; Poland; Sweden;

    Abstract : Family policies are a recognised instrument to improve gender equality by encouraging fathers to increase their participation in the private sphere. Previous research has found that attitudes about how paid and unpaid labour should be divided between partners differ between countries by varied support for traditional male breadwinner models and sharing models. READ MORE

  5. 9. Oops! I Did It Again... : Exploring consumers’ post-purchase emotions in regards to impulsive shopping and product returns online.

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Elin Jönsson; Rebecka Ölund; [2021]
    Keywords : Impulsive buying; post-purchase emotions; product returns; cognitive dissonance;

    Abstract : Background: The expansion of e-commerce and online orders have led to companies creating new marketing strategies, where impulsive purchases are important in order to boost sales. However, this also has negative aspects concerning overconsumption and the environmental impact. READ MORE

  6. 10. Exploring the role and use of values & emotions in promoting prosocial action via Instagram

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Charlotte Griffiths; [2021]
    Keywords : values; emotions; prosocial; prosociality; communication for social change; C4SC; communication for development; ComDev; social media; Instagram;

    Abstract : Inspired by recent work on value-based messaging in migration-relatedcampaigning to elicit sympathy, this project explores theoretical rationale foremploying values in the field of communication for social change (C4SC),understood in its broad sense as aspiring to engender prosocial behaviour. The project is framed by the main question of how values, emotions and(prosocial) action relate to one another. READ MORE