Lecture #7, Web Tech #7

Cat, Moon, Fence

Cognitive Dissonance
As the feeling of uncomfortable function from holding two conflicting thoughts in the mind at the same time.

Emotion + System of Beliefs -> a change = Justification (measure of dissonance)
- Importance of subject to us
- How strongly the dissonant thought conflict
- Our inability to rationalise and explain away the conflict

Cognitive Dissonance results in
1) Change in behavior
2) Justify our behavior by changing
3) Justify our behavior by adding new cognitions

If an action has been completed and cannot be undone, then the after-the-fact dissonance compels us to change beliefs.

Theory of Emotion - James Lange
Event-> Arousal -> Interpretation = Emotion (which then starts another event)
Emotion attenuate cognitive processing
Is emotion caused by cognitive response?

Web Tech
Watched Andreas script a website with HTML and CSS for the entire class.

September 16, Tuesday
I was the first to get my name on the list for the choice of our Media Integration workshops and I managed to get into Sound! YAY!