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cognitive dissonance noun (Concise Encyclopedia) Mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. The concept was introduced by the psychologist Leon Festinger (1919–89) in the late 1950s. He and later researchers showed that, when confronted with challenging new information, most people seek to preserve their current understanding of the world by rejecting, explaining away, or avoiding the new information or by convincing themselves that no conflict really exists. Cognitive dissonance is nonetheless considered an explanation for attitude change. youtube/watch?v=8vFhXpfEfQg
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:09:31 +0000

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