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5. Related Theoretical Issues 61
The Effects of Importance of Cognitions, 61
Some Notes on Dissonance Reduction, 63
6. New Evidence 73
An experiment on small rewards for discrepant compliance
and attitude change, 		73
A study of discrepant information in betrothal, 78
A study of conflict avoidance, 81
An experiment on coercion and attitude change, 84
An experiment on choice in commitment to counterattitudinal
behavior, 		88
An experiment on recall of discrepant information, 92
A "forced-compliance" experiment on repeated dissonances, 97
7. Theoretical and Methodological Problems 105
Problems in the Attitude Change Paradigm, 105
Behavioral Commitment, 113
Commitment Without Behavior, 115
The Effects of Discrepant Verbal Behavior, 117
Problems in Research: Sampling, Subject Loss, and
Unreliability, 		121
PART III. EXTENSIONS OF THE THEORY 129
8. Motivational Effects of Dissonance 131
An experiment on hunger, 133
An experiment on thirst, 137
An experiment on avoidance motivation, 143
Theoretical Issues in the Dissonance Analysis of
Motivation, 		151
Separating Dissonance from Motivation Effects: The
Problem of Adequate Controls, 		155
9. Dissonance Theory and the Study of Personality 160
Dissonance and Defense Mechanisms, 160
Individual Differences, 171
10. Expectations and Inequity: A Dissonance Approach 178
Dissonance and the Psychology of Expectations, 178

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Publication Information: Book Title: Explorations in Cognitive Dissonance. Contributors: Jack W. Brehm - author, Arthur R. Cohen - author. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1962. Page Number: xii.
    
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