Then, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqONzcNbzh8 (Links to an
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Then, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqONzcNbzh8 (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. Surprised by the results of the cognitive dissonance experiment, or the 2nd videos key points? Explain. In chapter 6, the book goes over self-motives such as consistency, esteem, presentation and growth. In the 2nd video, which of these self-motives do you think Ash alludes to most? Support your answer.
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Note: This response is in UK English, please paste the response to MS Word and you should be able to spot discrepancies easily. You may elaborate the answer based on personal views or your classwork if necessary. Also, if your question is ignored it is probably because it has been marked in the “more information needed” section. This is because, when a student posts a question that requires reference to content from a textbook or article (your chapter 6 for instance) it becomes difficult to answer without a photograph of the pages or a free textbook ling. My response below is only pertaining to the video as it is freely available. You will have to connect the response to your textbook material or class discussion as I do know the name of the book or the chapter you are referring to.
(Answer) The pilot in the video talks about how opposite concepts can exist within the same situation. He uses the example of his meter gauges and instruments indicating that everything was ok but the trajectory of the aircraft suggested differently.
This is known as cognitive dissonance. The common emotion of “heart or mind”, “should I stay or should I go” are times when we experience cognitive dissonance. In other words, this feeling is characterised by feeling conflicting ideas simultaneously.
Ash talks about how we face this psychological issue sometimes because of presentation. He talks about how our reasoning is impaired simply because of the information presented to us. For instance, John Doe believes that drinking beetroot juice would take away his acne because his mother and grandmother swear by it. However, John studies nutrition in college and he knows that factually, beetroot does not have much to do with clogged pores, oils and the hormones involved in getting pimples.
Ash talks about how he met a person on the bus that had a power bracelet that rendered the wearer “energetic.” The wearer believed in the validity of the bracelet because his favourite sports player wore it. However, the bracelet was just a silicone one with a holographic sticker.
This is because people are presented with information in a certain way that causes a part of their brain to move away from logical reasoning and be influenced. Cognitive dissonance is when the other part of one’s mind is still trying to stick to logic. This, results in a conflict in the brain that has resulted from opinions based on different presentations of information.
He suggests that the solution to this is to logically evaluate the data or the information that we are presented with in order to come up with the best response.
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