Attitude change revisited: Cognitive dissonance theory and development policy
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Cognitive dissonance and social change
When people behave immorally according to their own standards, they feel bad. Rational people may therefore engage in less of an immoral activity than would he in their material self-interest. Despite this fact, I show that increasing people’s distaste for being immoral can increase the level of immoral activities. This can happen because of the psychological phenomenon of cognitive dissonance:...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: World Development
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0305-750X
DOI: 10.1016/0305-750x(85)90032-4