@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix isothes: <http://purl.org/iso25964/skos-thes#> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/spreading_of_alternatives>
  skos:definition "Inspired by cognitive dissonance theory, hundreds of experiments have demonstrated that following a difficult decision, compared with an easy one, individuals change their attitudes to be more consistent with their decisions. That is, following a decision, individuals evaluate the chosen alternative more positively and the rejected alternative more negatively than they did before the decision. [Source: <a href=\"https://sk.sagepub.com/reference/socialpsychology/n554.xml\" target=\"_blank\" data-id=\"to-sk\">Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Spreading of Alternatives</a>]"@en ;
  skos:broader <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/social_cognition>, <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/judgment_and_decision_making> ;
  skos:prefLabel "spreading of alternatives"@en ;
  a skos:Concept .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/social_cognition>
  skos:prefLabel "social cognition"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:narrower <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/spreading_of_alternatives> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/conceptgroup/concepts>
  a skos:Collection, isothes:ConceptGroup ;
  skos:prefLabel "concepts"@en ;
  skos:member <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/spreading_of_alternatives> .

<https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/judgment_and_decision_making>
  skos:prefLabel "judgment and decision making"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:narrower <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/spreading_of_alternatives> .