Acceptance of punishment and change in belief

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3936274
AutoresBertram H Raven, Martin Fishbein
Año1961
Volumen63
Número2
Páginas411-416
Fecha de publicación1961-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Abnormal & Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0096-851X
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/h0042975
PMID14490635
OpenAlexW2064499264
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas12

Subjects were asked to indicate whether or not they were receiving ESP messages, which were presumably sent for 12 successive transmissions. Half the subjects received shock when they indicated nonreception. It was predicted that shock would introduce conflict and 'nonreceivers' who accepted this shock would experience dissonance. This dissonance might be reduced by rejecting belief in ESP. A high latency of response for females indicated that they did indeed show this conflict, and these subjects did reduce their beliefs in ESP significantly more than did the other subjects. Nonshocked females and males in both conditions showed little conflict and less change in belief. (Author)

Cognitive psychology · Punishment (psychology) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology