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What is Cognitive dissonance?Knowing you made the wrong choice but are too stubborn to correct yourself and therefore deny it by saying everyone else made the wrong choice. PS3 fanboy: PS3 KICKS 360'S ASS ANYDAY. Cognitive dissonance - videoCognitive dissonance - what is it?Cognitive Dissonance States that contradicting cognitions serve as a driving force that compels the mind to acquire or invent new thoughts or beliefs, or to modify existing beliefs, so as to reduce the amount of dissonance (conflict) between cognitions. You do a boring job, but is paid $30/hour, so you say that is a nice and interesting job....'well, it is not cognitive dissonance, I think is a great new job!!' What does "Cognitive dissonance" mean?Internally repealing old beliefs and past experiences and replacing them with new information that contradicts the original to conform with internal belief structures. Joe Biden saying if the President had done his job, no one would have died from Covid-19, then declaring "there is nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months" is an extreme case of Cognitive Dissonance. Cognitive dissonance - what does it mean?Justin Trudeau's reaction to the death of Fidel Castro 'It is with deep sorrow that I learned today of the death of Cuba's longest serving President,' Cognitive dissonance - meaningThe paradoxical belief that Marxism and Communism lead to the dissolution of Government. Which happens a lot, because the only historical examples of people to totally overthrow and eliminate government were communistic or directly Marxist. How does that fact give me cognitive dissonance? Cognitive dissonance - definitionA condition of conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistency between one's beliefs and one's actions, such as opposing the slaughter of animals and eating meat. This child is going through a state of cognitive dissonance as he imitates his hero while physically beating his friends. Cognitive dissonance - slangAn example of somebody displaying cognitively dissonant behaviour would be a situation where the persons views, values, beliefs etc are contradicted or opposed by one or other persons causing them mental (psychological) stress. At this point a state of cognition is triggered effectively causing them to refute, reject &/or miss-perceive the contradictory views, values or beliefs. "smoking will most likely cause you to have cancer you know?" Cognitive dissonanceA term used by assholes on the internet who try to sound smarter then they really are, without knowing what it actually means βWear a maskβ Cognitive dissonanceAn example of somebody displaying cognitively dissonant behaviour would be a situation where the persons views, values, beliefs etc are contradicted or opposed by one or other persons causing them mental (psychological) stress. At this point a state of cognition is triggered effectively causing them to refute, reject &/or miss-perceive the contradictory views, values or beliefs. "smoking will most likely cause you to have cancer you know?" Cognitive dissonanceReading/listening to classical media (newspapers/radio/tv news channels) vs having your world view determined by reading different bloggers' online garbage. Caveat emptor!The rapid and uncontrolled mushrooming of social media has created an atmosphere of cognitive dissonance. |
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