Ch 4: Attitudes & Behavior Part 3: Feb. 14, 2014
Cog Dissonance – how behavior might change our attitude Festinger’s experiment? Result? What was the role of insufficient justification? $20 condition - $1 condition -
Self-Perception Theory Alternate to Cog Dissonance theory S-P Theory: When difficult to interpret attitudes/weak attitude look at our behavior Facial Feedback (as example): Original studies (smiling / frowning) – How does this work?
S-P theory (cont.): Embodied Cognition (as example): Experiment examples – How does the effect work?
Overjustification & Motivation S-P can influence motivation What is the overjustification effect? Intrinsic motivation attribution: Extrinsic motivation attribution:
Ex) Lepper’s research on kids’ motivation Time spent playing w/markers Results? Difference in measures? Best approach to using rewards for motivation?
Comparing Theories Cog Diss: what is the main explanation? S-P Theory: what is the main explanation? What does each best explain?