DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Allen works at a fortune 500 company that slaughters baby animals and harvests their organs. Allen has always heavily identified with the environmentalist movement, but is making huge amounts of money. In what way is this a representation of cognitive dissonance?
2. Christina makes very little money working a job she does not enjoy, and Dev works a similar job for a highly inflated salary. Both are asked to evaluate their happiness in the workplace. Who rates their experience higher and why?
3. John, a man who does not enjoy cleaning, works as a sanitation manager at an accounting firm. He is payed very well due to his long-standing relationship with the firm and his exemplary performance, and after many years is tasked with interviewing a replacement janitor. One of the candidates asks John if he enjoyed his work with the firm; how would you expect John to respond?
4. Tony the tiger hates children but is compensated with ridiculous amounts of money to advertise to them. After many years of annoyance, he finally snaps and eats the CEO of Kellogg. What psychological concept is to blame?
5. Angie is taking classes so she can become a police woman. The job will require her to be in good physical condition. However, Angie has been a long time smoker. The damage to her lungs inhibits her to run for a long period of time. Angie knows that smoking is bad for her,and is getting in the way of her ambitions, but she still has a hard time trying to stop. What are the two factors causing cognitive dissonance in Angie?
6. What are other examples of Cognitive Dissonance seen in everyday life such as at school, at work, etc.?
7. Have you ever experienced cognitive dissonance and when?
2. Christina makes very little money working a job she does not enjoy, and Dev works a similar job for a highly inflated salary. Both are asked to evaluate their happiness in the workplace. Who rates their experience higher and why?
3. John, a man who does not enjoy cleaning, works as a sanitation manager at an accounting firm. He is payed very well due to his long-standing relationship with the firm and his exemplary performance, and after many years is tasked with interviewing a replacement janitor. One of the candidates asks John if he enjoyed his work with the firm; how would you expect John to respond?
4. Tony the tiger hates children but is compensated with ridiculous amounts of money to advertise to them. After many years of annoyance, he finally snaps and eats the CEO of Kellogg. What psychological concept is to blame?
5. Angie is taking classes so she can become a police woman. The job will require her to be in good physical condition. However, Angie has been a long time smoker. The damage to her lungs inhibits her to run for a long period of time. Angie knows that smoking is bad for her,and is getting in the way of her ambitions, but she still has a hard time trying to stop. What are the two factors causing cognitive dissonance in Angie?
6. What are other examples of Cognitive Dissonance seen in everyday life such as at school, at work, etc.?
7. Have you ever experienced cognitive dissonance and when?