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Comm Theory - Cognitive Dissonance Theory

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Cognitive Dissonance   The distressing mental state caused by inconsistency between a person's two beliefs or a belief and an action.  
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Selective Exposure   The tendency people have to avoid information that would create cognitive dissonance because it's incompatible with their current beliefs.  
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Postdecision Dissonance   Strong doubts experienced after making an important, close-call decision that is difficult to reverse.  
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Minimal Justification Hypothesis   A claim that the best way to stimulate an attitude change in others is to offer just enough incentive to elicit counterattitudinal behavior.  
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Compliance   Public conformity to another's expectation without necessarily having a private conviction that matches the behavior.  
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Counterattitudinal Advocacy   Publicly urging others to believe or do something that is opposed to what the advocate actually believes.  
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Dissonance Thermometer   A hypothetical, reliable gauge of the dissonance a person feels as a result of inconsistency.  
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Self-Perception Theory   The claim that we determine our attitudes the same way outside observers do - by observing our behavior; an alternative to cognitive dissonance theory.  
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