Talk:Self-perception theory

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I see an misleading part in the facts presented by the article, an incorrect use of a word "instead":

Self-perception theory differs from cognitive dissonance theory in that it does not hold that people experience a "negative drive state" called "dissonance" which they seek to relieve. Instead, people simply infer their attitudes from their own behavior in the same way that an outside observer might. Self-perception theory is a special case of attribution theory.

There is no contradiction in those two views. People can be driven by negative drive states and still infer their attitudes from their behaviour. Both theories can be valid at once, hence the wrong use of instead.

To editors of the article: if you want to use this note in the article than do so, I am just passing by... Dramenbejs 20:50, 21 February 2007 (UTC)