Professor Scott Plous

Social Psychology Wesleyan University

FURTHER READINGS AND VIEWINGS

Lecture 2.4: Cognitive Dissonance and Self-Perception

Works Cited or Referred To

(1) Ausubel, N. (Ed.). (1948). A treasury of Jewish folklore: Stories, traditions, legends,
humor, wisdom and folk songs of the Jewish people. New York: Crown Publishers.

(2) Bem, D. J. (1967). Self-perception: An alternative interpretation of cognitive dissonance

phenomena. Psychological Review, 74, 183-200.

(3) Bem, D. J. (1972). Self-perception theory. In L. Berkowitz (Ed.), Advances in

experimental social psychology (Vol. 6, pp. 1-62).

(4) Cooper, J. (2007). Cognitive dissonance: 50 years of a classic theory. Thousand Oaks,
CA: SAGE Publications.

(5) Festinger, L., & Carlsmith, J. M. (1959). Cognitive consequences of forced compliance.
Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 58, 203-210.

Related Wikipedia Entries

(1) Cognitive Dissonance: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance

(2) Insufficient Justification: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insufficient_justification

(3) Overjustification Effect: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overjustification_effect

(4) Self-Perception Theory: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-perception_theory

Social Psychologists and Other Researchers Mentioned

(1) Leon Festinger: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Festinger

(2) Merrill Carlsmith: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrill_Carlsmith

(3) Daryl Bem: http://bem.socialpsychology.org/

Related Podcast Episodes

(1) Why It's Hard to Admit to Being Wrong (NPR, 30 minutes)

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(1) Cognitive Dissonance Theory: A Crash Course (7 minutes)

(2) A Lesson on Cognitive Dissonance from Philip Zimbardo (5 minutes)