Critically think about social cognition and the self. Familiarize yourself with Module 2’s objectives, introduction, video, and articles. Use the articles in Module 2 as your primary reference, then use the St Leo Online Library for peer review sources and to find relevance to this week’s topic.
- Explain cognitive dissonance in your own words and give an example.
- Explain the role and impact of self-esteem in an individual’s motivation to contribute to and achieve goals.
Please cite with Peer Review
Social Cognition and the Self articles
Bargh, J. A., & Chartrand, T. L. (1999). The unbearable automaticity of being. American Psychologist, 54, 462-479.
Stone, J., & Cooper, J. (2001). A self-standards model of cognitive dissonance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 37, 228-243. doi:10.1006/jesp.2000.1446,
Eisenberger, N. I., Inagaki, T. K., Muscatell, K. A., Haltom, K. B., & Leary, M. R. (2011). The neural sociometer: Brain mechanisms underlying state self-esteem. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(11), 3448-3455.
Dijksterhuis, A. (2004). I like myself but I don’t know why: Enhancing implicit self-esteem by subliminal evaluative conditioning. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 345-355.
Neff, K. (2003). Self-compassion: An alternative conceptualization of a healthy attitude toward self. Self and Identity, 2, 85-101. DOI: 10.1080/15298860390129863
Videos to watch.
A Lesson In Cognitive Dissonance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=korGK0yGIDo
From Lawyer to Vampire woman in Mexico
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z127wKKWfXg
