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4.1  Justifying Decisions
 
Social PsychologyLesson Overview
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In the previous lessons we discussed how we come to understand our self. In this lesson we will gain a deeper understand of how we maintain our self esteem through justifying our actions.

Module Overview:

In this module we will cover the theory of cognitive dissonance, how we make decisions and why we make the decisions that we do.

TO-DO LIST
Readings Read:
Baumeister & Bushman
Chapters 3 & 4
pp. 59-122
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