Sentences with phrase «cognitive dissonance theory»

It did not mean anything (about me): Cognitive dissonance theory and the cognitive and affective consequences of romantic infidelity.

In this article, I'll explain 3 key principles of the Cognitive Dissonance Theory, and I'll share 3 tips on how to apply it in your next eLearning course.

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Since 1957 psychologists have begun to define an instinctual process of rationalization in the human mind, sometimes labeled the theory of cognitive dissonance.

Festinger called his book A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance.

In any event, one of the unavoidable side effects of literature and the arts generally is that they cater to the human need to believe that cognitive dissonance is only a temporary thing, so that they anticipate and support those grand unification theories that have compelled political reformers no less than scientists.

category, even though it triggered cognitive dissonance (because it reminded me too much of labor theory of value — see below).

These counter-intuitive events stimulated Festinger to develop the theory of cognitive dissonance, a term that describes the uncomfortable feeling we have when we begin to understand that something we believe to be true is contradicted by the evidence.

Much work on «cognitive dissonance» theory provides evidence for this mental mechanism.

Blinded, Bound, and Burdened: Parental Alienation and Two Theories — The Double Bind & Cognitive Dissonance by Monika