Table of Contents

Improving the 1957 Version on Dissonance Theory; A Radical Point of View on Dissonance Theory; Toward an Understanding of the Motivation Underlying Dissonance Effects - Is the Production of Aversive Consequences Necessary?; Dissonance, Hypocrisy and the Self Concept; Self-Affirmation Theory - an Update and Appraisal; Unwanted Consequences and the Self - In Search of the Motivation for Dissonance Reduction; What Exactly Have I Done? the Role of Self-Attribute Accessibility in Dissonance; A Self-Accountability Model of Dissonance Reduction - Multiple Modes on a Continuum of Elaboration; Computer Simulation of Cognitive Dissonance Reduction; A Multiplicative Power Function Model of Cognitive Dissonance - Toward an Integrated Theory of Cognition, Emotion and Behaviour After Leon Festinger; Moving Beyond Attitude Change in the Study of Dissonance-Related Processes; "Remembering" Dissonance - Simultaneous Accessibility of Inconsistent Elements Moderates Epistemic Discomfort; Appendexes: Social Communication and Cognition; Reflections on Cognitive Dissonance - 30 Years Later; - Historical Note on Festinger's Tests on Dissonance Theory.