Fointiat Valérie, Pelt Audrey
Université de Lorraine (France).
Span J Psychol. 2015 Nov 27;18:E97. doi: 10.1017/sjp.2015.93.
Our main purpose was to explore hypotheses derived from the Identification of Action Theory in a particular situation that is, a dissonant situation. Thus, we varied the identification (low versus high-level) of a problematic behavior (to stop speaking for 24 hours) in the forced compliance paradigm. Two modes of dissonance reduction were presented: cognitive rationalization (classical attitude-change) and behavioral rationalization (target behavior: to stop speaking for 48 hours). As predicted, the results showed that high-level identity of action leads to cognitive rationalization whereas low-level identity leads to behavioural rationalization. Thus, participants identifying the problematic behavior at a low-level were more inclined to accept the target behavior, compared with participants identifying their problematic behavior at a higher-level. These results are of particular interest for understanding the extent to which the understanding of the discrepant act interferes with the cognitive processes of dissonance reduction.
我们的主要目的是在一种特定情境下，即不一致情境中，探究源自行动识别理论的假设。因此，在强制服从范式中，我们改变了对一种问题行为（停止说话24小时）的认同程度（低水平与高水平）。呈现了两种减少认知失调的方式：认知合理化（经典的态度改变）和行为合理化（目标行为：停止说话48小时）。正如预测的那样，结果表明高水平的行动认同会导致认知合理化，而低水平认同会导致行为合理化。因此，与高水平认同问题行为的参与者相比，低水平认同问题行为的参与者更倾向于接受目标行为。这些结果对于理解对不一致行为的理解在多大程度上干扰减少认知失调的认知过程特别有意义。
