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How Cognitive Dissonance Makes Us Adopt Incredible Beliefs
Festinger used the term "cognitive dissonance" to refer to cases involving a cognitive inconsistency between an attitude (such as a belief or a desire) and an action, giving rise to ...
Cognitive Dissonance | Psychology Today
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 ideas, beliefs, or the knowledge that ...
Inducing Cognitive Dissonance Can Reveal the Truth - Psychology Today
Cognitive dissonance, or loss of equilibrium, occurs when a person holds two opposing ideas simultaneously. Cognitive dissonance can also occur when people are presented with ideas that directly ...