Date of Award
6-2011
Document Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Daniel Burns
Second Advisor
Joshua Hart
Language
English
Keywords
cognitive dissonance, misinformation, inclusion, condition
Abstract
The current study was interested in examining the relationship between cognitive dissonance and susceptibility to misinformation. Participants were exposed to two emotional images; subsequently, they composed a counterattitudinal essay concerned with generating arguments in support of a tuition increase. Participants were either given a set of objective questions concerning the images or a set of misleading questions. All participants were then administered final questionnaires that contained both misleading and non-leading questions. This study hypothesized that participants in the dissonance-induced condition were likely to be more susceptible to the inclusion of misinformation during the final recall task. Findings indicated that participants in the dissonance-induced condition did not make more errors than those in the non-dissonance condition.
Recommended Citation
Jordan, Nina S., "Cognitive Dissonance as a Potential Mediator of the Misinformation Effect" (2011). Honors Theses. 1004.
https://digitalworks.union.edu/theses/1004