COGNITIVE-DISSONANCE - PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL IN THE PERFORMANCE EXPECTANCY PARADIGM

Authors
ETGEN MP ROSEN EF
Citation
Mp. Etgen et Ef. Rosen, COGNITIVE-DISSONANCE - PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL IN THE PERFORMANCE EXPECTANCY PARADIGM, Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 31(3), 1993, pp. 229-231
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Psychologym Experimental
Journal title
Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00905054
Volume
31
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
229 - 231
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-5054(1993)31:3<229:C-PAIT>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The physiological correlates of dissonance were investigated using a r eplication of Aronson and Carlsmith's (1962) performance expectancy pa radigm. Dissonance was predicted to be associated with an increased he art rate and skin conductance response (SCR). This prediction was part ially supported; dissonance was significantly related to heart rate ch anges, but not to SCR. The results are discussed in terms of their imp lications for the performance expectancy paradigm and its relationship to dissonance and arousal.