Cognitive dissonance

Cognitive Dissonance In psychology, we are learning about the human mind and how we respond to situations, as well as other people in our environment. One concept psychologists are still trying to understand is why do we feel the need to justify actions, thoughts, or ideas that we have that are different from others’? Why are we afraid of failure and not very accepting of being wrong? The class was previously assigned to read an article of two psychologists’ views on these issues and try to explain

Cognitive dissonance is defined by Gilovich et all’s textbook as “ A theory that maintains the inconsistencies among a person’s thoughts, sentiments, and actions create an aversive emotional state (dissonance) that leads to efforts to restore consistency”. While this definition is true it also quite confusing. To understand this first the words that make up the term need to be understood. Cognition is a mental action, it involves gaining knowledge and understanding through use of thoughts, senses

This essay will evaluate the presentation of Leon Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance in the world of social psychology. Throughout I will discuss the establishment of his theory, it’s supporting evidence and any limitations of this. I will also deliberate what it can explain and the alternative explanations presented by other psychologists; how they differ from Festinger’s, how they add to Festinger’s original theory and finally how they extend the knowledge in understanding the interaction

Arveen Mayordomo Psych A3 Q2 Date The focus of this paper is to determine how cognitive dissonance affects our decisions, and how one can reduce the impacts of cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is a phenomenon which occurs when two cognitions are conflicting. In choosing one option over the other, people tend to question if they made the right decision. There are several strategies to resolve cognitive dissonance. Altering the conflicting cognition, altering the importance of the conflicting

Cognitive dissonance can be described as the feeling of discomfort resulting from holding two conflicting beliefs. It can also be said to be the mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. A well-known psychologist Leon Festinger (1919–89), introduced this concept in the late 1950s where he proved that, when confronted with challenging new information; most people are observed to preserve their current understanding of the world by rejecting or avoiding

The Social Psychology Network Essay Perhaps one of the most interesting topics in social psychology is the concept cognitive dissonance. One of the first people to define this concept was Leon Festinger, and it is described as, “the result of an inconsistency between two or more cognitions—that is, one cognition follows from the opposite of the other” (McKimmie, 2015, p. 202). According to Festinger, people long for consistency in their environment, and they begin to feel uncomfortable with all

“Crash”: Thomas Theorem and Cognitive Dissonance The movie “Crash”, by Director and Writer Paul Haggis, follows 8 ethnically diverse families/ individuals facing the struggle of modern day racism and stereotypes created and faced in modern Los Angeles, California. These individuals take the roles of individuals living their daily lives within Los Angeles, California while facing stereotypes. The cast portrays: 2 caucasian white male police officers, an African American director and his wife, a white

“No worries. My boss has millions of dollars. One hundred-dollar bill will make no impact in his wealth.” The janitor is then experiencing what is called cognitive dissonance because his boss rich and wealthy, making him part of the power elite, therefore justifying his actions. A television show that demonstrates the concepts of cognitive dissonance and the power elite is called Prison Break. This show tells a storyline of a man named Michael Scofield who has to save his brother Lincoln, who was put

Cognitive Dissonance theory was founded by psychologist Leon Festinger in 1957, is the distressing mental state that is caused by inconsistency between a person’s two belief or a belief and an action, in another word it a distressing mental state when we find ourselves doing things that do not fit with what we know or have opinions that do not fit with other people opinions. Cognitive dissonance can also considered as a form of belief or behavior. Festinger used the smoking concept to illustrate

Cognitive Dissonance is a tense discomfort that we get when we realize that we have made a mistake or have committed hypocrisy. There are several different ways that we get rid of cognitive dissonance, some of them include a change in behavior, denial, and excuse making. In this essay I will discuss cognitive dissonance, its consequences, and how to solve the problem of excuse making in our society. While reading I became awestruck by the ridiculousness of some of the examples, especially the group