Cognitive Dissonance: Your Response to Conflicting Beliefs

cognitive dissonance  A little more than 60 years ago, Leon Festinger published A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance has been one I did a whole episode on Cognitive Dissonance for my podcast Opinion Science Hear from

The central thesis of cognitive dissonance theory is that when two beliefs are inconsistent, individuals experience negatively arousing In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is described as the mental discomfort people feel when their beliefs and actions are inconsistent and

Introduction: Cognitive Di;ssonance is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when an individual holds two or more contradictory beliefs, Key Takeaways · Cognitive dissonance occurs when a person believes in two contradictory things at the same time · Within investing and in other areas, failing