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The Role of Cognitive Dissonance in New Methods for Inducing Empathy

Maynard, Elizabeth A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1559254906779453

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2019, Master of Arts, Marietta College, Psychology.
The current study examined how a cognitive dissonance manipulation coupled with Stotland’s (1969) empathy manipulation would impact participant scores on the Empathy Quotient (EQ) Scale and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI). The current study is based upon research conducted by Harmon-Jones et al. (2003) and Ruiz and Tanaka (2001) that demonstrated the impact combining these two types of manipulations on helping behavior. Furthermore, past research has generally supported empathy as being an important and desired trait, leading to higher job and relationship success; however, there were consistent gender differences in empathy studies where males scored lower than females, and no study looked at how long Stotland’s (1969) methodology lasted. The current study sought to reduce the gender differences present in empathy research, as well as expand on empathy research to demonstrate how long these effects might last, by using a cognitive dissonance manipulation. The results of the study did not fully support the hypotheses, which will be discussed further in the discussion section, in addition to examining limitations of the current study and future directions.
Alicia Doerflinger, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Bo Winegard, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
80 p.
Psychology
empathy; cognitive dissonance; two-part longitudinal study

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  • Maynard, E. A. (2019). The Role of Cognitive Dissonance in New Methods for Inducing Empathy [Master's thesis, Marietta College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1559254906779453

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Maynard, Elizabeth. The Role of Cognitive Dissonance in New Methods for Inducing Empathy. 2019. Marietta College, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1559254906779453.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Maynard, Elizabeth. "The Role of Cognitive Dissonance in New Methods for Inducing Empathy." Master's thesis, Marietta College, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1559254906779453

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