Personality differences in dissonance resolution

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ID6206956
AuthorsO J Harvey, Robert Ware, Robert S Ware (0000-0002-6129-6736)
Year1967
Volume7
Issue2, Pt.1
Pages227-230
Publication date1967-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/h0025010
OpenAlexW1989134300
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited11

Following the induction of either a positive or negative impression of an object person (OP) through descriptions of his past behavior, concrete and abstract Ss were presented descriptions of OP's present behavior that run counter to their past and wrote a two paragraph explanation of the perceived consistency-inconsistency. Concrete Ss, significantly more than abstract individuals, (1) perceived inconsistencies between OP's past and present behavior, (2) were negatively aroused by the inconsistency, (3) sought to neutralize the inconsistencies by attributing them to temporal change in OP's, (4) gave few explanations of the inconsistencies, (5) gave poorly integrated accounts of the inconsistencies, and (6) used stereotypic labels in their explanations. In addition, concrete Ss were significantly less tentative in their conclusions about the OPs and significantly more likely to view OP's possession of desirable and undesirable characteristics as mutually exclusive. (Author)

Cognitive dissonance · Personality · Cultural Differences and Values · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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