Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1961 · 105 citations · 3 references
Social SciencesPsychologySocial PsychologyCognitive PsychologyExperimental PsychologySocial CognitionSocial JudgmentCognitive Dissonance Reduction
“An experiment was conducted to test two hypotheses about the reduction of cognitive dissonance by seeking information. The hypotheses were: (a) a person in whom dissonance has been produced by exposure to a communication advocating an opinion contrary to the person's is more likely to seek informat
3
Postdecision exposure to relevant information.
Danuta Ehrlich, Isaiah Guttman, Peter Schönbach et al. · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1957 · 211 citations