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This book is fun to read!...Cooper takes care to delineate those studies that were particularly important in their purpose, particularly clever in their design, and most groundbreaking in their results. He makes a gripping story of the inception and march of progress in what could have been simply a long series of interesting research projects. In doing so, he made me nostalgic for a time when the field of psychology was alive with excitement and overrun with research topics that actually made sense to those outside a narrow specialty and that meant something to the citizenry." Alan Cheney, PSYCCRITIQUES "Cooper (Princeton) does a superb job summarizing research on the concept of cognitive dissonance since it was first elucidated by Leon Festinger in the 1950s...Cooper brings a much-needed historical perspective to cognitive dissonance, and he peppers his discussion with interesting personal anecdotes. Political analysts as well as psychologists will be interested in the specific conditions that elicit cognitive dissonance." D.J. Winchester, Yeshiva University "Dr. Joel Cooper has been at the very forefront of research on dissonance theory for decades now. In this book, he provides

Who reads Cognitive Dissonance : 50 Years of a Classic Theory?

Author

Joel M. Cooper

Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781412929738

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Sociology, Fiction

Rating

4 / 5 (18 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14