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Johnson, Ronald W.; And Others – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1995
Tested Cooper and Fazio's dissonance model. Subjects made arguments that were consistent or inconsistent with their attitudes and were provided feedback about consequences. Attitude-change effect only occurred when behaviors were both inconsistent and resulted in aversive consequences. Results suggest that cognitive inconsistency may be necessary…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Affective Behavior, Attitude Change, Attitudes
Jones, Gail – 1990
This study compared the effects of cooperative learning groups to traditional instruction in remediating students' misconceptions about temperature. Students from grades 3, 4, and 5 in two rural elementary schools participated in the study. Students completed a pretest, a cognitive conflict laboratory activity and a posttest that measured…
Descriptors: Cognitive Dissonance, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Concept Teaching