Caroline Taylor
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Caroline Taylor
Cognitive dissonance happens when there’s a clash between what we believe and how we act. For example, if you value healthy living but smoke cigarettes, your mind feels uncomfortable because your behavior doesn’t match your belief. This inner conflict creates tension, pushing you to either change your behavior, adjust your beliefs, or find a way to... See more
Cognitive Dissonance In Psychology: Definition and Examples
Lisa Ducharme
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Dissonance produces anxiety that moves us to change.
David Rock, Linda J. Page • Coaching With the Brain in Mind
He theorized that we experience dissonance when new information conflicts with our prior beliefs. When that happens, it makes us uncomfortable, and we want to make that discomfort go away. So we rationalize away the new information so we can defend our prior beliefs.
Annie Duke • Quit
We feel good when others agree with us and bad when they disagree. All of us have experienced unpleasant feelings arising when someone expresses opinions with which we profoundly disagree. These feelings of anger and frustration were labeled cognitive dissonance by the psychologist Leon Festinger. They motivate us to try to influence disagreeing ot
... See moreJessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
Leon Festinger (born May 8, 1919, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died February 11, 1989, New York City) was an American cognitive psychologist, best known for his theory of cognitive dissonance, according to which inconsistency between thoughts, or between thoughts and actions, leads to discomfort (dissonance), which motivates changes in thoughts or beha... See more
Encyclopedia Britannica • Leon Festinger | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort experienced when a person holds two conflicting beliefs or when their actions don’t align with their beliefs.