This article provides an overview of research about cognitive dissonance reduction. Over the
past 60 years, researchers have produced significant theoretical and empirical contributions …

The motivated social cognition and negativity bias perspectives each posit that threat is
especially related to political conservatism, such that threat causes people to adopt …

Meaning in life is tied to the stories people tell about their lives. We explore whether one
timeless story—the Hero's Journey—might make people's lives feel more meaningful. This …

This completely revised second edition of the best-selling text presents an up-to-date,
comprehensive introduction to persuasive communication and attitude change. Employing …

Binge-watching is becoming a new “norm” for viewers in the way they consume their favorite
TV shows and movies, nevertheless, most scholarly research on binge-watching remains …

Despite its long tradition in social psychology, we consider that Cognitive Dissonance
Theory presents serious flaws concerning its methodology which question the relevance of …

Testing a model of group-based control, we hypothesized that, as a response to threatened
control, people strive for collective agency, leading to increased in-group norm conformity …

Individuals are often confronted with events that violate their expectations, but disconfirming
evidence does not always lead to expectation change. We review seven theoretical models …

According to cognitive-dissonance theory, performing counterattitudinal behavior produces
a state of dissonance that people are motivated to resolve, usually by changing their attitude …

We tested the hypothesis that climate change threat increases group-based cognition and
action tendencies. As ingroups can provide extended primary control, we expected climate …