Burke, Shaunna M., Sparkes, Andrew C. and Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn
(2008)
High altitude climbers as ethnomethodologists making sense of cognitive dissonance: ethnographic insights from an attempt to scale Mt Everest.
The Sport Psychologist, 22
(3).
pp. 336-355.
ISSN 0888-4781
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Abstract
This ethnographic study examined how a group of high altitude climbers (N = 6)drew on ethnomethodological principles (the documentary method of interpretation,
reflexivity, indexicality, and membership) to interpret their experiences of cognitive dissonance during an attempt to scale Mt. Everest. Data were collected via participant observation, interviews, and a field diary. Each data source was subjected to a content mode of analysis. Results revealed how cognitive dissonance reduction is accomplished from within the interaction between a pattern of
self-justification and self-inconsistencies; how the reflexive nature of cognitive dissonance is experienced; how specific features of the setting are inextricably
linked to the cognitive dissonance experience; and how climbers draw upon a shared stock of knowledge in their experiences with cognitive dissonance.
| Additional Information: | This ethnographic study examined how a group of high altitude climbers (N = 6)drew on ethnomethodological principles (the documentary method of interpretation,
reflexivity, indexicality, and membership) to interpret their experiences of cognitive dissonance during an attempt to scale Mt. Everest. Data were collected via participant observation, interviews, and a field diary. Each data source was subjected to a content mode of analysis. Results revealed how cognitive dissonance reduction is accomplished from within the interaction between a pattern of
self-justification and self-inconsistencies; how the reflexive nature of cognitive dissonance is experienced; how specific features of the setting are inextricably
linked to the cognitive dissonance experience; and how climbers draw upon a shared stock of knowledge in their experiences with cognitive dissonance. |
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| Keywords: | Ethnomethodology, Climbing, High altitude climbers, Mount Everest, Stock of knowledge, Cognitive dissonance, ethnography |
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| Subjects: | L Social studies > L300 Sociology |
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| Divisions: | College of Social Science > School of Sport and Exercise Science |
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| ID Code: | 6335 |
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| Deposited On: | 27 Sep 2012 19:12 |
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