Testing the Action-Based Model of Cognitive Dissonance: The Effect of Action Orientation on Postdecisional Attitudes

By Eddie Harmon-Jones, Cindy Harmon-Jones. 2002

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, General Decision Sciences, Sociology and Political Science

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Pre- versus postdecisional deliberation and goal commitment: The positive effects of defensiveness (2012, background): “Evidence for differences between the deliberative and implemental mindset in processing pros and cons is also provided by Harmon-Jones and Harmon-Jones (2002), who found that the implemental mindset increased postdecisional spreading of alternatives (i.e., the chosen option is evaluatedmore…”
Chapter 3 Action‐Based Model of Dissonance: A Review, Integration, and Expansion of Conceptions of Cognitive Conflict (2009, methodology): “In a second experiment, we replicated the results of the first experiment using a different manipulation of action-orientation (Harmon-Jones & Harmon-Jones, 2002).”
Sliding Versus Deciding: Inertia and the Premarital Cohabitation Effect. (2006, background): “Specifically, cognitive consistency theory (Kiesler, 1971) and cognitive dissonance theory (e.g., the version advanced by Harmon-Jones & Harmon-Jones, 2002) suggest that people are motivated to behave in ways that are consistent with commitments they have made.”
The influence of abstract and concrete mindsets on anticipating and guiding others' self-regulatory efforts ☆ (2004, background): “Further supporting a motivational interpretation , implementational mindset manipulations increase cognitive dissonance effects, fostering greater devaluation of non-chosen alternatives and greater valuation of chosen alternatives (Harmon-Jones & Harmon-Jones, 2002).”
Cognitive Dissonance Theory After 50 Years of Development (2007, background): “Harmon-Jones and Harmon-Jones (2002) conducted an experiment to test these ideas.”
An Action-Based Model of Cognitive-Dissonance Processes (2015, methodology): “In one experiment (E. Harmon-Jones & Harmon-Jones, 2002), individuals made a difficult decision about which type of experiment they would perform.”