Dissonance and abstraction: Cognitive conflict leads to higher level of construal

Dissonance and abstraction : Cognitive conflict leads to higher level of construal

Cancino-Montecinos, Sebastian (författare): Stockholm University,Stockholms universitet,Personlighets-, social- och utvecklingspsykologi

Björklund, Fredrik (författare): Lund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för psykologi,Samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar,Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten,Department of Psychology,Departments of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences,Faculty of Social Sciences

Lindholm, Torun (författare): Stockholm University,Stockholms universitet,Personlighets-, social- och utvecklingspsykologi

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2017-11-14
2018
Engelska.
Ingår i: European Journal of Social Psychology. - : Wiley. - 0046-2772 .- 1099-0992. ; 48:1, s. 100-107

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This study investigated the effects of cognitive conflict on abstract thinking. According to action-identification theory, an ambiguous and unfamiliar situation might propel an individual to a more abstract mindset. Based on this premise, cognitive conflict was hypothesized to put people in an abstract mindset. The induced compliance paradigm, in which participants are asked to write a counter-attitudinal essay under either low choice (producing little dissonance) or high choice (producing more dissonance), was employed. Results showed that an abstract mindset was in fact activated in the induced compliance paradigm, and this effect was more pronounced for participants having a more concrete mindset to begin with. The results suggest that the experience of cognitive conflict is closely related to increased abstraction.

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