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Mindless Meat Eating: A Seminar with Dr Carolyn Semmler

Date/Time: Wednesday, 3 May 2017, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Location: Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, North Terrace Campus

Cost: Free

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Mindless Meat Eating: The Role of Cognitive Dissonance and Negative Emotions in the Consumption of Animals

Dr Carolyn Semmler, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Adelaide

We consume animals and yet also state that we love, respect and care for them. We buy animal products where we have little knowledge of their providence or how they were produced. Why do humans act in ways that contradict espoused values? What sort of processes might we engage in to keep behaving in this way? How are we successful at 'pulling the wool over our own eyes'? How might strong negative emotions such as disgust, disappointment and anger impact on consumption? This talk will discuss the role of cognitive dissonance in meat consumption and how it may help us to understand the meat paradox. The results of research conducted by Elisha Dowsett, in collaboration with Anna Chur-Hansen, Rachel Ankeny and Heather Bray, will be presented.

Contact: Dr Jessica Loyer, Email: jessica.loyer@adelaide.edu.au, Website: http://ua.edu.au/foodresearch, Food Values Research Group, Mobile: 0431811323


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