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On the Resolution and Tolerance of Cognitive Inconsistency in Another Naturally Occurring Event: Attitudes and Beliefs Following the Senator Eagleton Incident 1
Author(s) -
MacDonald A. P.,
Majumder Ranjit K.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1973.tb02700.x
Subject(s) - consistency (knowledge bases) , psychology , cognition , social psychology , event (particle physics) , naturalism , congruence (geometry) , epistemology , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
A lack of congruence between results of laboratory experiments and naturalistic observations of attitude change has been noted. Silverman's study of the Senator Edward Kennedy incident, however, produced results supportive of cognitive‐consistency theory. The present study of another “real‐world” event viz., the Senator Eagleton incident) also yields results supportive of cognitive‐consistency theory, and adds to the validity of Silverman's results. The fact that the two studies yield strikingly similar results, though the incidents and study samples differ, further attests to the utility of this kind of research.