Sökning: "dissonance reduction"
Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden dissonance reduction.
1. Protecting animals, until dinner? Investigating the existence of Meat-Related Cognitive Dissonance among veterinary students in Sweden
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUSSammanfattning : Even though animal farming is one of the leading causes of climate change and more people in the west are raising concerns over animal welfare, meat consumption here is high and expected to rise. This thesis examines the reasoning and tensions that arise when omnivores’ dietary choices clash with their love for animals by studying how the concept of the meat paradox and cognitive dissonance theory can be explained among veterinary students in Sweden. LÄS MER
2. “I don’t ask myself that question. Maybe because I don’t want to know the answer.” A Qualitative Study on Sugar Daters’ Cognitive Dissonance
Master-uppsats, Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbeteSammanfattning : Cognitive dissonance refers to a state of internal conflict, arising when two or more cognitions are inconsistent with each other. The state brings about an urge to reach consonance - and to do so, different reduction strategies can be utilized. LÄS MER
3. Att upprätthålla självbilden : En interpretativ fenomenologisk analys om socialarbetarens upplevelse av privatpersoners attityder och nyhetsmediers framställan av professionen
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbeteSammanfattning : The purpose of this study was to deepen the understanding of how the social workers' self-images are affected by how they perceive public attitudes and news media's portrayal of their profession as well as understanding how they are coping with it. Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), which focuses on how individuals experience a certain phenomenon, has been used as a method. LÄS MER
4. Political bias in hiring : people consider political opponents as less hireable than others without weighting criteria to justify why
Magister-uppsats, Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildningSammanfattning : Previous studies have shown that characteristics like gender and ethnicity can affect the possibility to be hired. Decisions in hiring may also be justified by weighting the importance of hiring criteria and can thus seem unbiased. LÄS MER
5. Locka, lära eller övertyga? : En studie om plaggens märkning som kanal för modeföretagens hållbarhetskommunikation
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för modevetenskapSammanfattning : This qualitative study aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of how companies in the fashion industry communicate sustainability through the label on the garments. The purpose of the thesis is to examine how the knowledge gap between companies and consumers regarding sustainability issues, could be bridged using the label. LÄS MER