An example of reducing dissonance through social support: your favorite band is coming to town and you paid a high price for concert tickets; however, the band is terrible live. This would create cognitive dissonance. You could reduce dissonance by finding friends that enjoy the band and love them live. Having a support system will make it easier to eliminate the dissonant cognitions and conform to the people around you.
Many studies over the years have been conducted on …show more content…
Dissonance is obviously a popular topic of research. Most cognitive dissonance replication studies have enforced the reliability of cognitive dissonance theory. An example of a study utilizing the role-playing paradigm is the counter-attitudinal essay study in which students were asked to write an essay on the pros of a tuition increase, opposing their own beliefs. The essay was supposedly written so the board of the university could see both sides of the argument. This paradigm relied heavily on the use of deception on the part of the researcher as there was really no raise in tuition being considered at the