<aside> 💡 Lecture Topic: Cognitive Dissonance, Conformity & Groupthink

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Readings to Complete Before This Lecture

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📅 Date: October 4, 2022

Reminders:

• Seminar tonight is in CCW A1
• No lecture or seminars next week due to Thanksgiving
• Following week = lecture as usual, followed by midterm during seminar in OCA 219 (Computer Lab)

Today’s Agenda

• Cognitive Dissonance Theory
  • Effort Justification
  • Induced (Forced) Compliance
  • The Perception of Choice

• Conformity
  • Informational Social Influence
  • Normative Social Influence
  • Expression of Valued Identities
  • Reducing Conformity ??

• Group Decision Making & Groupthink
  • Examples of Groupthink
  • Sources & Symptoms of Groupthink
  • Preventing Groupthink
  • Risky Shift & Group Polarization

Cognitive Dissonance Theory

In general, our attitudes and beliefs align with our behaviours

• but sometimes there are inconsistencies to this pattern