David C. Vaidis
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My research focuses on understanding how people construct their worldview and respond to information that challenges their expectations. This work draws on theories of attitudes, cognitive inconsistency, anomie, uncertainty, and control, applying these frameworks to contemporary societal issues including environmental protection, health behaviors, civic participation, social media misinformation, conspiracy theories, cyber-propaganda, and radicalization.
This research extends across three main areas:
1. General Models of Inconsistency: Control and Cognitive Dissonance
2. Attitude Formation and Resistance: Certainty, Radicalization, and Conspiracy
3. Big Team Science, Meta-science and New Research Practices
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Interpersonal Processes
- Nonverbal Behavior
- Persuasion, Social Influence
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Social Cognition
Books:
- Vaidis, D. C. F. (2011). La Dissonance Cognitive : Approches Classiques et Développements contemporains. Paris : Dunod. ISBN 978-2100557318
David C. Vaidis
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