Compare and Contrast How Cognitive Dissonance Theory and Self-Perception Theory

question 24

Essay

Compare and contrast how cognitive dissonance theory and self-perception theory (Chapter 5) would explain the Festinger and Carlsmith (1959) $1/$20 experiment. Given that both theories can explain these results, in which situations is dissonance theory more likely to apply and in what conditions is self-perception theory probably operating?

Differentiate between the characteristics of a sample (statistic) and a population (parameter).

Recognize and explain the effects of outliers on measures of central tendency.

Understand the implications of using median, mean, and mode for data analysis and hypothesis testing.

Calculate the product of numbers to the required decimal places and round the result accurately.

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Definitions:

Temporal Lobes

Regions of the cerebral cortex located beneath the temples, involved in processing auditory information and encoding memory.

Personality Changes

Alterations in a person's customary patterns of behavior, thoughts, and feelings, which may result from developmental stages, life experiences, or neurological factors.

Axons

Axons are long, slender projections of a nerve cell, or neuron, that conduct electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body or soma.

Neuron

A cell of the nervous system that transmits information through electrical and chemical signals.