cognitive dissonance

cognitive dissonance  Cognitive dissonance is based on the idea that when two ideas are psychologically not Cognitive dissonance is a discomfort caused by holding conflicting elements of knowledge CD is among “the most influential and extensively

Self-awareness seems to be a key to understanding how and when cognitive dissonance may play a role in your life If you find yourself The theory of cognitive dissonance was molded by Leon Festinger at the beginning of the 1950s It suggests that inconsistencies among cognitions

In marking the 50th anniversary of the theory's inception, Joel Cooper - arguably the scholar most associated with dissonance research in the past few decades - Cognitive dissonance is a term for the state of discomfort felt when two or more modes of thought contradict each other The clashing cognitions may include